Item Details

creator

M. Angus and Son, Printers (Newcastle upon Tyne, England)

Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828

Bell, John, 1745-1831

Angus, George

date

2016-07-22T17:20:07Z

2016-07-22T17:20:07Z

1811

2016-07-22 (issued)

description

Bound volume with letterpress title page, containing about 1000 woodcuts and wood engravings by Thomas Bewick and others. The volume was a gift from the printers to publisher John Bell. Manuscript note on title verso states: "This Volume contains all the woodcuts in the office of M. Angus and Son, Printers, foot of the Side Newcastle, July 20, 1811. [signed] Geo. Angus" Bound in contemporary brown calf; blind-tooled decoration on covers; gilt-stamped panels on spine; blue endpapers. With bookplates of Julian[?] Boyd, J.M. Sowerby, and J. Cresswell.

format

books

Permalink

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/61116

language

English

publisher

Newcastle upon Tyne (England): M. Angus and Son, 1811.

rights

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title

Pictures of pleasant histories, as printed in Newcastle

type

text