A PROVISIONAL CHECKLIST OF THE LIBRARY OF THOMAS BEWICK

             CLASS III: Poetry

THE CHECKLIST

PART 1

BOOKS FORMERLY IN THE POSSESSION OF THOMAS BEWICK (EXCLUDING BEWICK'S QUADRUPEDS AND BRITISH BIRDS, UNLESS LISTED IN ROBERT BEWICK'S SCHEDULES C-E, AND CHILDREN'S BOOKS NOT IDENTIFIED AS THOMAS'S PROPERTY)

[CLASS III:] Poetry


49. Anderson, R. Cumberland Ballads, woodcuts, 12mo, 1808.           (E,M101)

"Ballads in Cumberland Dialect" (E).

Possibly: Anderson, Robert. Ballads in the Cumberland Dialect,  by ... With notes, ... and a glossary of words; and a life of the author, (Alnwick: Davison, nd);

or: Anderson, R. Ballads in the Cumberland dialect, chiefly by ... Wigton: printed by R. Hetherton for B. Crosby & Co., London; F. Jollie and Sons, Carlisle, 1808.

(Thomas Bewick's autograph on title. Bought by JW Martin for 12/6, in 1884. The Wigton imprint has a few small woodcuts, somewhat in the style of the Bewick workshop. See Relph's Poems (100),  below, for the Cumberland connection.)

50. (*)[Beattie Minstrel, plates, 12mo, 1817.   (M106)

(Possibly James Beattie The Minstrel; or, the progress of genius ... with designs by Mr. Thurston: and engraved on wood by Mr. Clennell, Alnwick: Catnach and Davison, 1807;

or possibly the London: J Sharpe, 1817 edition.

Hugo (1866, No 223) asserts that Thomas Bewick had a hand in the 16 cuts in the 1807 Catnach and Davison, Alnwick, edition; this may be incorrect.

(Bought by Julia Boyd at the Bewick sale (bound in half-morocco) for 1/6, in 1884, but it is not identified in Boyd (1892).)]

51. "Bedingfield and Pickering. Poems by.., 8vo, 1815, boards."                      (D3,E,M90)

"Poems by Bedingfield & Pickering 1815" (E).

Probably: Poetry fugitive and original by ... Thomas Bedingfeld [correctly] ... George Pickering, Newcastle: 1815.

(Bought by R Robinson for 4/6, in 1884. Bedingfeld and Pickering were lawyers and approximate contemporaries of Bewick's in Newcastle. The consistent misspelling of Bedingfeld's name suggests the received pronunciation of the day.)

52. ["Bell, John. Figures in Rhymes, 1814, two copies."          (M164)

Possibly H[enry] R[obson]. Figures in rhymes, or, metrical computations addressed to Northumbrians, Newcastle: [J. Bell], 1814.

(Bought in a mixed lot by R Donkin for 12/-, in 1884 (with the next two and An Account of the Great Floods ... . Bell was the publisher, not the author.)]

53. ["Bell, John. A Garland of Bells, 1815."    (M164)

Probably: A garland of Bells: wherein each rings to its proper tune, Newcastle: printed by George Angus for John Bell, 1815.

(Bought in a mixed lot by R Donkin for 12/-, in 1884. Bell was the publisher, not the author.)]

54. ["Bell, John. A Right Merry Garland of Northumberland Heroes." (M164)

Probably: A right merry garland of Northumberland heroes, Newcastle: J. Bell, 1814.

(Bought in a mixed lot by R Donkin for 12/-, in 1884. Bell was the publisher, not the author.)]

55. Blair, Robert.  The grave, a poem. By Robert Blair.  Illustrated by twelve
etchings executed from original designs. Small folio. London: printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, for the proprietor, R.H. Cromek; and sold by Cadell and Davies, J. Johnson, T. Payne,
J. White, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, W. Miller, J. Murray, and Constable and Co, Edinburgh, 1808.
The additional engraved TP says ‘Illustrated by twelve etchings executed by Louis Schiavonetti, from the original inventions of William Blake’.             (Cx,D3,E,W)
Hugo (231) claimed the frontispiece and cuts as Thomas Bewick's.
“Blakes Illustration of Blair's Grave JB* have 2 Copies 1808” (C)
“Blake's Illustrations of Blair's Grave, 2 copies” (D,E).
“Mr. Thomas Bewick” is in the list of subscribers to the above very superior edition (copy examined currently in the Trevelyan library at Wallington Hall, Northumberland, the property of the National Trust). (W).
Jane Bewick (C) mentions two copies. Possibly the other may have been the locally published: Blair, Robert. The Grave. A Poem. By Robert Blair. To which is added Gray's Elegy in a Country Churchyard, 12mo, Alnwick: W. Davison, 1808; but this is speculation. Nevertheless it would be remarkable if Bewick owned two copies of such a grand and expensive book.
*JB forms a monogram, the J and B share the vertical stroke, exactly in the manner of Thomas Bewick's TB monogram. The date of publication excludes John Bewick and makes it very likely that this is Jane Bewick's monogram. The note may have been added by her at a later date.

56. Burns, R. Poems, 2 vols. 12mo. Berwick, 1801.     (C=,D3,E)

"Burns Poems 2 Vols: 12/mo. Berwick 1801" (C)

"Burn's Poems 2 Vol. 12/mo 1801" (D)

"Burns Poems 2 Vols. (2 copies of it) common" (E)

No doubt: Poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect. In two volumes. By Robert Burns. Berwick: H. Richardson, 1801; or one of the variants of this edition - Egerer (1964) 53.

57. Burns, R. Poems, 4 vols.    (Bj,M81,U)

"4 vols of Burns Poems 12s." bought 1.7.1801 (T&WA 1269/5) (U).

"Burns's Poetical Works, 4 vols., 8vo, cloth" (M81)

Probably: The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings ... . 4 vols. 8vo, 2^nd Edit. London: Printed by R. Noble for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, Strand, and W. Creech, Edinburgh [and others], 1801 (Egerer 61); or, the first edition of this work printed in Liverpool by J. McCreery for the same publishers, 1800 (Egerer 50).

Jane Bewick's list of 1806 included both "Burns Works 4 Volumes" and "A Small Edition of Burns" (Bj). Evidently Burns was popular with the Bewick family.

(M81 bought by J. Myles for 11/, in 1884.)

58. (*)Burns, R. The Poetical Works of ...; with his Life. Ornamented with Engravings on Wood by Mr. Bewick, from original designs by Mr Thurston, 2 vols. 12mo, Alnwick: Catnach and Davison, 1808.      (M194,U)

"Burns Poems from Davison & Co Alnwick £1.1.3" paid 16.2.1808 (T&WA 1269/6) (U).

"Burns (Robert) Poetical Works ..., 2 vols. 12mo, half-morocco, Alnwick, 1808" (M194).

(Egerer (1964) 107. Isabella Bewick's copy with autograph. Bought by D Croal Thomson for £5, in 1884. An edition was published by Davison of Alnwick in the same year, but presumably after 19 May 1808 when his partnership with Catnach was dissolved (Hunt, 1975); Bewick had bought his copy in February.)

59. (*)Butler Hudibras, with Grey's notes, 2 vols. 8vo, 1799.  (Cx,D3,E,M70,U)

Plates and woodcuts by C. Nesbit.

"pd Charnley for Grays Hudibras £1.1.0" on 7.6.1799 (T&WA 1269/5) (U).

"xButlers Hudibras  2 Vols with Cuts 8/vo 1799 Poem" (C).

"Hudibras 2 Vols:" (E).

"Butler's Hudibras, with Grey's Notes, plates and fine woodcuts by C. Nesbit, 2 vols., 8vo, cloth ... 1799" (M70).

Probably: Samuel Butler Hudibras: in three parts, written at the time of the late wars ..., with notes by Zachary Grey, 2 vols. London: Printed by T. Bentley for Vernor and Hood, 1799.

(Bought by Mrs Jobling for £1-1-0, in 1884.)

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60. *Cheviot, a Poetical Fragment, 1818.       (D3,E)

Probably  Cheviot: a Poetical Fragment, by R.W. [Richard Wharton] (Newcastle: S. Hodgson (Newcastle Reprint Series), 1817.

(Hugo (1866, No 351) makes no claim for TB's work in the 1817 edition, but the title page vignette (St Nicholas Church seen through the arch of a gothic ruin) is sometimes attributed to the Bewick workshop. No 1818 edition found to date; an error is possible in R.E. Bewick's reading of the not very clearly printed date MDCCCXVII.

61. Coldwell,W. Fables and Moral Poems,      (D3)

Probably: William Coldwell. Fables and moral poems, 12mo, Halifax: for the author, 1818.

62. [Cowper [William] Poems, 2 vols, 32mo, 1818, red morocco.                   (M115)

Editions were published in 1818 at Durham; London (by J. Bumpus); Edinburgh (in 2 vols. by Blair); and Chiswick (in 2 vols. by R. Jennings); as well as several in America.

(Bought in a mixed lot by E Robson for £1, in 1884.)]

63. Cromek Reliques of R. Burns,                    (D3,?U)

"Cromek's reliques of R. Burns" (D).

Probably: R.H. Cromek Reliques of Robert Burns: consisting chiefly of original letters, poems ... , Editions: London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1808; London: printed by J. McCreery, 1817, etc.

(Bewick paid carriage on "Parcel of Books from Cromek London 3d." on 2.9.1808 (T&WA 1269/6) which may have included this book).

64. (*)[Cromek, RH. Select Scotish Songs, Ancient and Modern; with critical observations and biographical notices, by Robert Burns, 2 vols, London: Cadell and Davies, 1810.             (M96)

"Cromek Select Scottish Songs, Ancient and Modern, with woodcuts, 2 vols. 1810, half-calf." (M96)

Hugo (1866, No 261) - who says the portrait of Cunningham is by Thomas Bewick.

(Bought by R Forrester for 7/6, in 1884.)]

65. Cunningham, John. Poems, chiefly pastoral, by John Cunningham. The Second Edition. Newcastle and London: printed by T. Slack, 1771.          (C=,D3,F,M63,Z)
“Cunningham's Poems 1771” (C & D).
“Cunninghams poems 2d Ed: 1771” (F).
(Signature of Thomas Bewick at the top of page 1 and “Bewick library number” “No 52” on the front paste-down end-paper (Z). Bought by Major Cowen for 13/-, in 1884 (M63) with his signature in pencil on the t.p. Purchased some decades ago from R.D. Steedman in Newcastle, it remains (2005) in a private collection there (Z). Of the frontispiece to the 1st (1766) edition, drawn and engraved by Isaac Taylor of Holborn, Bewick wrote “at the time my friend Pollard & myself thought it the best thing that ever was done” (Memoir, p.76).)

66. *Dovaston, JFM. Poems, Legendary and Humorous, post 8vo, 1825.       (?F,M121-123)

"Dovastons Poems - 1825" (F).

With a fine cut by Thomas Bewick, boards. 3 copies, one a presentation copy to Bewick.

Probably: Poems legendary, incidental and humourous, Shrewsbury: W. Morris, 1825; both the 2^nd and 3^rd editions were 1825.

(The three copies were bought at the 1884 Bewick sale, by EB Mounsey for £1-1-0, by D Croal Thomson for £1-1-0 (presentation copy), and Major Cowen for 14/-, respectively. The presentation copy is now in the collection of Mr N. Tattersfield, pers. inf. 2003.)

67. [Dovaston, JFM. Scraps of poetry, 1822, calf.       (M124)

Possibly: The dove. Scraps of poetry, selected by J.F.M. Dovaston ..., for The Oswestry Herald, 1822.

(Bought by D Croal Thomson for 4/-, in 1884.)]

(*Fabliaux or Tales, abridged from French manuscripts of the XIIth and XIIIth centuries by M. Le Grand ...)

See 80, Le Grand, below.

68. (*)Fisher's Spring Day, 1 vol. 8vo, 1803.  (C)

Probably A Spring Day: or, contemplations on several occurrences, which naturally strike the eye in that delightful season, by James Fisher, Edinburgh: printed for the author by T. Turnbull, 1803.

Hugo (1868, No 4187) records "four very beautiful cuts by Thomas Bewick" in the 1806 edition.

69. *Gay, John. Fables by the late Mr. Gay, 12mo, Newcastle: T. Saint, 1779;            (D3?,P160,R4)

Frontispiece an engraved copperplate by Ralph Beilby, 33 vignettes and 67 cuts by Thomas Bewick. The Pease catalogue states that the woodcuts are by Thomas and John Bewick, but Tattersfield (2001) implies that John was not involved until the 1788 edition.)

"Fables by John Gay" (D)

(Autograph "Thomas Bewick May 4, 1780 - Price 3/6", on a piece of a discarded endpaper, pasted inside front cover. "Bewick Library inscription "N^o 80" on a surviving flyleaf of the same paper. Inscribed by JW Barnes "Purchased of Miss Bewick". P160 records that Pease paid £3-3-0 at the Barnes sale for this book together with a copy of Select Fables, 1784. Rebound for Pease by Waters.)

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70. [Gay, John. Fables, 24mo, London, 1805, with rude woodcuts.      (M102)

Possibly the edition published in London by J. Brambles, A. Meggitt and J. Waters, 1805.

(Bought, together with Bunyan's Divine Emblems, by M Mackey for 14/6, in 1884. In the Bunyan (q.v.) Mackey wrote ".. a Gay's Fables of No Value".)]

71. [Gay Poetical Works, Cooke's Edition, 2 vols. 18mo, 1818.           (F,M120)

Probably a later edition of: The poetical works of John Gay. With a life of the author by Dr. [Samuel] Johnson. 2 vols. 12vo. London: C. Cooke, 1804. No 1818 edition yet identified.

(Bought by R Robinson for 2/-, in 1884.)]

72. Gerrond, John. Poems, 1802.         (C=,D3)

"Poems by John Gerrond. 1802" (C).

"Poems by J Gerrond" (D).

Probably: John Gerrond.  Poems on several occasions, chiefly in the Scottish dialect ..., Glasgow: printed by Chapman and Lang, 1802.

73. *[Goldsmith] The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith M.B. ... with a life of the author. Embellished with vignettes & tail-pieces, designed and engraved on wood, by T. Bewick, 8vo, Hereford: printed by D. Walker and sold by J. Parsons, London, 1794. (?Cx,D3,E,F,M193)

"Goldsmith's Poetical Works with Cuts 12/mo JB three Copies 1794" (C). [The date is difficult to read and could be 1774, but no such edition has been traced. For the JB (Jane Bewick's) monogram, see note under "Blake's Illustrations of Blair's Grave"; here she may have corrected Robert Bewick's list. There is no reason to think that here the JB refers to John Bewick who seems not to have illustrated this work.]

"Goldsmith's Poetical Works Cuts 12/mo 3 copies" (D).

"Goldsmith's Poems. /duodecimo cuts" (E)

"Walker of Herefords Ed: of Goldsmith 1794" (F).

"Bewick (T.) Goldsmith's Poetical Works, with 6 beautiful vignettes, 24mo, Hereford, 1794" (M193)

(M193 coy bought by R Robinson for £1-5-0, in 1884.)

74. Goldsmith Poetical works, woodcuts by Austin, 12mo, 1804.      (M103,Z)
Probably: The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. with some account of his life ... embellished with engravings on wood, by Austin, London: H.D. Symonds, 1804.
(With autograph of Thomas Bewick.  Bought by WT Johnson for 10/-, in 1884. ‘Goldsmith’s Works (Bewick’s own copy)’ was lent to the Bewick Exhibition (1886 – item 92) by JG Watson, Esq. and may well have been the same copy. (Z).)

75. *[Goldsmith, Oliver and Parnell, Thomas.] Poems of Goldsmith and Parnell, London: Bulmer, 1795.  (Cx,D3,E,F,R61)        

The wood engravings are by by Thomas Bewick except for one by John Bewick.

"Poems by Goldsmith & Parnell  Cuts 1795" (C,D)

"Poems by Goldsmith & Parnell (2 copies)" (E).

"Goldsmith Traveller & Parnells Hermit with portrait of Bulmer copper - 1795" [and another copy] (F).

(One of the 2 copies in E and F is probably R61 which contains manuscript instructions from Bulmer to Bewick and was later inscribed "R.E. Bewick to his Sister Jane".)]

76. [Harvey, Jane. Poems on various subjects, Newcastle: printed by D. Akenhead and Sons [no publisher named], 1797.                 (W)

("Mrs. T. Bewick" appears on the subscribers' list, presumably TB's wife Isabella.)]   

77. [Heron, Mary. Miscellaneous Poems, Newcastle: 1786.     (W)

("Mrs. Bewick" appears on the subscribers' list, probably TB's wife Isabella; they were married on 20 April 1786.)]

78. Hogg, James. The Queen's Wake, a poem, 5th [or 6^th?] edition, Royal 8vo, 1819.             (Cx,D3,M76,W)

"Queen's Wake a Legendary Poem by James Hogg 1819" (C).

"Hogg, James. The Queen's Wake, 5th edition, Royal 8vo, 1819, 'Mr Bewick's subscription copy', with autograph of the poet" (M76).

"Thomas Bewick, Esq. Newcastle" is on the list of subscribers to this work published in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine No. XXV April 1819, Vol V.

The 5^th edition was printed in Edinburgh and published in London in 1819, the sixth was published by Blackwood in Edinburgh in the same year (BL catalogue).

(T. Bewick's subscription copy, was bought by R Donkin for 16/-, in 1884.)

79. (*)"Lay of Reed Water Minstrel. 1809"     (D3)

Doubtless: The Lay of the Reedwater Minstrel ..., By a son of Reed [Robert Roxby]. Newcastle: Printed for the author by D. Akenhead & Sons, 1809.

Hugo (1866, No 243) reports "a beautiful woodcut by Thomas Bewick on the title".

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80. *[Le Grand] Fabliaux or Tales, abridged from French manuscripts of the XIIth and XIIIth centuries by M. Le Grand, selected and translated into English Verse, translated by G.L. Way, with notes by G. Ellis, 2 vols. super royal 8vo, London: Bulmer, 1796 & 1800.            (Cx,D3,M162,R73)

"Fabliaux or Tales of the 12th & 13th Centuries Cuts 1796 2 Vols" (C and D).

With 52 cuts, including about six completed by John Bewick and others engraved or finished by Thomas. 

Bain (1972) says "The blocks are not all of the first rank but they are a valuable example of the skills of the Bewick workshop as employed for a straight-forward commissioned work and a number exhibit all the best qualities of the master". M162 has the note "A fine and interesting copy. Under each cut the name of the artist is neatly written. Many were designed and engraved by John Bewick on the occasion of his last visit to Northumberland, shortly before his death. In others he was assisted by his brother, and the initials of Clennell and Nesbit are attached to not a few."

(Jane Bewick's copy with her annotations and autographs "T Bewick's" pasted into each title page. Bought by R Robinson for £2-8-0, in 1884.)

81. McCreery, J, The Press, a Poem, cuts,        (D3,U)

"Carriage of a Book (The Press) McCreery 3s.6d." paid on 10.4.1804 (T&WA 1269/5) (U). The price seems very high for carriage alone and may well include the cost of the book.

Probably: John McCreery. The press, a poem: published as a specimen of typography ..., Liverpool: Cadell and Davies, 1803; or another edition.

82. McDonald, P. A | Collection | of | Highland Vocal Airs, | Never hitherto published. | To which are added a few of the most lively | Country Dances or Reels | of the | North Highlands & Western Isles: | and some Specimens of Bagpipe Music | By | Patrick McDonald | Minister of Kilmore in Argyleshire. |  Edinburgh Printed for the publisher, and to be had at the Music Shops | of Corri and Sutherland Bridge Street, and N: Stewart Par[liamen]t Square [n.d. 1784 generally accepted].     (Private collection)
[I am indebted for the following notes to Mr Iain Bain. 'The tunes were collected by Joseph McDonald, but published after his early death in India, by his brother Patrick. The date of publication is given on the evidence of a contemporary advertisement of 7 May 1784: 'tomorrow will be published'; others have advanced 1781 as issued to subscribers, with a later issue of 1784 published without the list of subscribers. Not fully corroborated. At the back of the book is pasted the following note:

"Mr Blackadder presents Comps to Mr Bewick - The Book of Highland airs which
accompanies this, having been in his possession upwards of ten years, without his being able to find any use for it - He would much gratified by Mr Bewick's acceptance of it. - Mr B. understands it has been long out of print, & contains a number of original Airs. - There is another Collection published by Captn Fraser, [probably Simon Fraser, The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles, 1816. Did TB buy it???] within these few years, which contains a great number of original airs some of them reckoned very beautiful - It may be had of any of the Music Shops. - Mr Blackadder trusts that Mr Bewick will excuse the freedom of presenting these Airs - Broughton Place 14  18 Augt 1823."
A letter of Jane B to her sister Elizabeth (18 August 1823 - the very day of Blackadder's note - Bain collection) tells her that their father had been searching Edinburgh for tunes for Robert without luck. 'Messrs Blackadder' were at a tea party (8 to 10 pm) given by Professor Jameson for TB. In his 1825 Journal, Dovaston records his having been lent the book by TB; Dovaston still had the book at the time of TB's death, and it was sold at auction by the Dovaston family in 1966. The dealer, Roger Warner of Burford, who acquired it, eventually put it into Sotheby's rooms ... .']

83. Marshall, George. Epistles in verse, between Cynthio and Leonora, in three cantos, descriptive of a voyage to and from the East Indies ... Newcastle: Printed for the author by Preston and Heaton, 1812.                  (W)

The copperplates are all drawn by Thurston and engraved mainly by Branston, but with a few by others including Clennell, White, Nesbit and “Bewick”. The last named is evidently simply from the workshop.

(The extensive subscribers list of eight pages in triple columns, quarto, includes "Thomas Bewick, Newcastle").

84. Marshall  The Village Paedagogue, a Poem.                      (C=,D3,E)

"Village Pedagogue a Poem by Marshall" (D).

"Village Paedagogue" (E).

No doubt: Marshall, John. The village paedagogue: a poem, and other lesser pieces; together with a walk from Newcastle to Keswick, by a country schoolmaster. Newcastle: Printed for the author by Preston & Heaton, 1810; or the 2^nd edition, with additions and improvements, 1817.  

85. Milton, John. Paradise Lost, 12mo, Glasgow 1750.            (Cx,D3,F,M133,S260)

"Milton's Paradise Lost 1750" (C,D)

"Paradise Lost Glasgow - 1750" (F).

"Milton (John) Paradise Lost, with autograph signature of T. Bewick on half-title, Glasgow, 1750" (S260).

(With Thomas Bewick's autograph. Bought by Jarvis and Son for 16/-, in 1884; and sold with three other items in a mixed lot for 9/- at the Marshall sale, in 1909.)

86. Milton, J. Paradise Regained,        (D3)

(An edition was printed in Alnwick by Catnach in 1793, but we have no evidence of which edition was owned by Bewick.)

87. Mitchell Thoughts of One that Wandereth, (D3,E)

Not yet identified.

88. Moore, Edward. Fables for the Female Sex, plates, 1771.  (D3,E,M52)

"Plates" mentioned in E and M52.

"Moores Fables for Female Sex" (D).

"Fables for the Female Sex  Plates" (E).

Probably: Edward Moore. Fables for the female sex ..., 4th edition, London: T. Davies and J. Dodsley, 1771.

(Bought, together with Wilkie's Fables, by R Robinson for 3/6, in 1884.)

89. The Muses Companion, 1794,        (Bj,F,M115)

"Muse's Companion" (Bj).

 "Muse's pocket companion TB auto" (F).

"Muses The, Companion, 1794, with autograph of Mr Bewick" (M).

Probably a later edition of: The muse's pocket companion: a collection of poems, by Lord Carlisle [and others] ..., Carlisle: J. Milliken, 1785.

(Bought with others in a mixed lot by E. Robson for £1, in 1884.)

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90. [Music books          (U)

"A Music Book for Robt of Mr Atkinson 1s." bought 7.9.1798 (T&WA 1269/5).

"Music Book & mending Bellows for Rob.^t  - 2s 4d" paid 15.6.1799 (ibid.)

(RE Bewick was 10-11 years old, and learning to play the Northumbrian smallpipes. He was not apprenticed to his father until 1804. "Mr"Atkinson, though clearly written, may have been Elizabeth, widow of Joseph Atkinson , book- and music-sellers of Groat Market, Newcastle (Hunt, 1975). It is possible that the books were blank ones for writing music. But see also 82 McDonald, above, and 96 Peacock, below.)]

91. Musical Budget,     (D3)

Not yet identified.

92. The Northern Minstrel      (U)

Bought on 17.1.1816; "Paid for the Northern Minstrel  10s.6d." (T&WA 1269/6).

Probably: The Northern Minstrel: or, Gateshead Songster. Being a choice collection of the most approved modern songs: ... Newcastle: printed by J. Marshall, [1806].

93. Odes of Anacreon of Teos, 1824.   (E,M15)

"Odes of Anacreon of Teos 1824" (E).

"Anacreon, Odes of" (M15).

Probably: The odes of Anacreon of Teos. Translated by William Richardson [of Tynemouth], London: G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1824.

94. [Ovid] Iohan. Posthii Germershemii Tetrasticha in Ovidii Metamorph. ..., oblong 8vo,  Francofurt., 1569; old forrell.  (K3,U)

178 woodcuts, 2 of them coloured.

As above in K7.
“Johan Postii Latin & German MDLXIX Autogra Robert Hutchinson” (T&WA 1269/84) (U).
(NB “forel”, “forell” or “foril”, a cheap parchment for covering books.

95. Ovidii Metamorphoses, Tomus 2dus. Lips. 1621. Many woodcuts.           (A,E,K7,U)
As above in K7.
“Ovid's Metamorph” (A).
“Ovidii Metamorphosis [sic], 1521 [sic].” (E)
“Ovidii Nasonis Metamorpho MDCXXI Lipsiae (complete)” (T&WA 1269/84) (U).
(John Bewick’s copy, inherited in 1795 by his brother, recorded with the family books in 1826, sold in a batch of “Latin books” by Jane Bewick to Thomas Kerslake in 1859 and destroyed by fire in his Bristol shop, with others including 94.)

96. *[[Peacock, John] A Favorite Collection of Tunes with Variations adapted for the Northumberland Small Pipes, Violin or Flute. Pr 2s 6d. Newcastle: W. Wright, [n.d. c.1800].            (Gateshead Central Library collection)

(In the Gateshead library were parts of a copy formerly owned by Robert Elliot Bewick, currently missing from the library. John Peacock (musician of Manor Chare, Newcastle, in the 1811 directory) also gave R.E. Bewick lessons on the small pipes. The cash books contain many relevant entries, often illustrated with thumbnail portraits (e.g "3 June 1799, p.^d Peacock for teaching Robert £1-0-0" - T&WA 1269/5). Note supplied by Iain Bain: "On 21 June 1800 TB charged Wright a guinea for engraving 'Frontis for music Books', and 3s 4½d for printing 225 of them. I like to think this is the title for Peacock. The style of the writing engraving betrays TB's hand. 1800 brings forward the hitherto conjectural date for the introduction of the keyed chanter c.1805. The tune book was reproduced by the Northumbrian Pipers' Society in 1980. A copy REB had, he cut up in order to paste the fingering chart into one of the MS books now missing from Gateshead.")]

97. Phillips, WJ. Poems,          (D3,F)

"Poems by W J. Phillips" (D).

"Poems by Philips autographs - 1760" (F).

Possibly: Philips, John. Poems: viz. an ode to Lord Bolinbroke ... . Glasgow: Robert Urie, 1760.

98. Polite Singer,         12mo   (E,M38)

Not yet identified.

(Bought with Scots Songs (103) below by R Robinson for 6/-, in 1884.)

99. Pomfret, Revd. J. Poems, 1766.     (D3,F,M11)

"Poems by Rev^d J Pomfret" (D).

"Pomfrets poems TB's autograph 12^th Ed 1766" (F).

No doubt: Pomfret, the Revd John. Poems upon several occasions ... 12^th edition. London: J. Rivington,R. Baldwin, [and others], 1766.

("With T. Bewick's autograph, 1766" in M11. Bought, together with Belisarius (1781), by D Croal Thomson for 7/-, in 1884.)

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100. *Relph, J. Poems by the Rev. Josiah Relph, of Sebergham. With the life of the author. Embellished with picturesque engravings on wood, by Mr. T. Bewick, of Newcastle, [2nd Edition], demy 8vo, Carlisle: J. Mitchell, 1798;           (?Bj,F,P148,R108,U)

Containing 18 cuts by Thomas Bewick.

"Relph's Poems of Mitchell 3s.6d." purchased 11.3.1799 (T&WA 1269/1) (U).

"Poems of Rev^d Jos^ah Relph Gift to Isabella 1798" (F)

(Inscribed on title page "The Gift of T. Bewick to his little Daughter Isabella. Newcastle 14 April 1799." "Relph's Poems", perhaps another copy, was listed with Jane's books in 1806. Bought by Pease at the Barnes sale for 5/-, in 1894. Then in original boards; since rebound by City Library. No "Bewick Library" number. Some of Relph's poems are in Cumberand dialect. Bewick's mother had been born in Ainstable, about 12 miles from Sebergham, and he had visited his uncle there, and explored the district in June 1776, so he may have felt an affinity with Relph. He may also have felt an affection for the Cumberland dialect which his mother presumably spoke. See also Anderson's Cumberland Ballads (49), above.)

101. *[Ritson, J.] Robin Hood: a collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads, now extant ... , 2 vols. post 8vo, London: T. Egerton and J. Johnson, 1795.            (D3,E,?F,N25,R65)

58 cuts by John and Thomas Bewick.

"Robin Hoods Songs by Ritson" (D).

"Ritson's Robin Hood 2 vols" (E).

"Robin Hood first Edⁿ. Cuts Ritson Bewicks 1795" (F).

(Bookplate with autograph "R.E. Bewick" and autograph of "Isabella Bewick, Gateshead" in each volume. R. Robinson's copy "bought of Miss Bewick", later rebound for Pease by Waters. No "Bewick Library" number.)

102. Sanderson, Thomas. Original Poems, by ..., 12mo, Carlisle: printed by F. Jollie for W. Clarke, J. Robson, and R. Faulder, 1800.           (Bj,R506,W)

("Mr. Thomas Bewick" is listed among the Newcastle subscribers. Autograph "The Gift of Tho^s Bewick, Engraver to his Daughter Jane Newcastle, 1800" on title page. Listed as "Sandersons Poems" with Jane's books in 1806. City Library, not Pease, Collection. Rebound with new flyleaves. No "Bewick Library" number.)

103. Scots Songs, 1769.                       (?Bj,E,M38,?U)

"Scotts Songs" (E). 

"Scot's Songs, 1769" (M38).

Possibly "Nicholson - covers for Scottish airs £3.3.0" refers to the same item; an expensive repair to a much used book? Paid on 6.4.1804 (T&WA 1269/5) (U).

Not yet firmly identified. Possibly: Herd, David. The ancient and modern Scots songs, heroic ballads, &c: now first collected ..., Edinburgh: Martin and Wotherspoon, 1769.

(Bought with the Polite Singer (98) above by R Robinson for 6/-, in 1884. "Songs in the Scottish Dialect" (477, q.v. in Part 3), presumably but not certainly a different work, was listed among Jane's books in 1806.)

104. [Scott, W. Lay of the Last Minstrel, 8vo, 1807.    (M19)

Possibly the 6^th edition: London: [no publisher identified], 1807.]

105. *Somervile, William. The Chase. A Poem, royal 8vo, London: Bulmer, 1796;            (D3,?F,R68)

(Woodcuts drawn by John Bewick and engraved by Thomas Bewick (one by Charlton Nesbit).

"the Chase a Poem by W Sommerville [sic] Cuts" (D).

"Chase Somervile - 1796" (F).

(Inscription to Bewick from Bulmer and portrait of Bulmer, both on blue paper laid down (R68).)

106. *Somervile, William. The Chase. A Poem, royal 8vo, London: Bulmer, 1796.     (A)

"Somerville's [sic] Chase" (A)

(Evidently a second copy, this one from John Bewick's bequest.)

107. Stagg, J. Minstrel of the North.      (D3)

"Minstrel of the North by J Stagg. Esq^r" (D).

No doubt an edition of: Stagg, J. The Minstrel of the North; or, Cumbrian legends, being a poetical miscellany of legendary, Gothic and romantic tales. Editions London: for the author, 1810; and Manchester: for the author, 1816.

108. [Steven's songs    (U)

"Book Steven's songs 3s.6d." bought on 17.2.1802 (T&WA 1269/5).

Possibly: Stevens, George Alexander. Songs, comic and satyrical. London: G. Kearsley, 1788; or, London: Vernor and Hood, J. Cuthell, J. Walker, and Otridge & Son, 1801; or another of several song books by the author.]

109. Thomson, James. Poetical Works, 1773   (F)

"Thomson poet works - Vol II auto 1773" (F).

Probably: The poetical works of James Thomson. Edinburgh: J. Balfour and W. Creech, 1773.

("Auto" probably indicates Thomas Bewick's autograph.)

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110. *Thomson, James. The Seasons, embellished with engravings on wood by Bewick, from Thurston's Designs, 12mo, London: J Wallis, 1805;     (D3,E,M173)

The note on this edition at R115 suggests that the cuts were apprentice work.

"Seasons by James Thompson [sic]" (D)

"Thompson's Seasons. With Plates/duodecimo" (E)

(Inscribed "The gift of Thomas Bewick to Robert E. Bewick, 12th December, 1806" (M173); this copy may not have been that recorded in TB's possession in 1822 & 1826. Not listed among R.E.B.'s books in c1806. (A copy of "Thompsons Seasons. Cookes Ed." was listed with Jane's books in 1806.) The M173 copy was bought by R Donkin for £2-4-0, in 1884. Robinson (1887, p.173) reported that Thomson was Bewick's favourite poet; Bewick himself called him 'the naturalist's poet' and wrote that 'The "Seasons" by the inimitable Thomson had charmed me much' (Memoir, p.81).)

111. Thomson, James. The Seasons by ...: to which is prefixed a life of the author. Together with illustrative remarks on the Seasons. By the Rev. J. Evans, A.M., London: printed by J. Cundee for T. Hurst [and others], 1802.  (M105,Y)

“Thomson, James. The Seasons, 24mo, a neat edition” (M105).

(Inscribed “The gift of Thomas Bewick to his Daughter Elizabeth, 1st Jan^y, 1828” in Bewick's hand. Bought by the Revd Boyle for £1-7-0, in 1884 (M105). Inscribed on a flyleaf “I bought this book at the sale of the remnant of Thos. Bewick's library, at Newcastle, on 5^th February 1884. The note on the title page is in the handwriting of Thomas Bewick. J.R. Boyle” and “In lot 105 first day's sale. J.C.” Later bookplate of J. Cresswell and ownership signature “Ella F. Robson Nov^r 14^th /09”. Uncut but with a later binding (probably for Boyle or Cresswell)

112. (*)Visions in Verse, for the entertainment and instruction of younger minds, 12mo or 24mo, London: Vernor and Hood, and others, 1798.    (Bj,M104,R110)

Plates by Thurston and Ridley; and two woodcuts doubtfully attributed to Bewick.

(M104 gives "24mo", R110 "12mo". (Inscribed on the title page "The Gift of TBewick to Jane Bewick 1st Jan^y 1800". Listed with Jane's books 1806. No "Bewick library number". Bought, with Sterne's A Sentimental Journey, by R Robinson for 18/- in 1884.)

183a. (Watts Hymns   (D3)

Duplicated in Divinity (183), q.v.)

113. ["Welsh Melodies"           (F)

Possibly: Parry, John. Welsh melodies. A selection of Welsh melodies with symphonies and accompaniments by Parry ... , London: 1822.]

114. Wilkie, W. DD. Fables, 1768.     (D3,F,M52)

"Fables by W Wilkie DD 1768" (D).

'Wilkie's Fables design^d by Wale "JB - 1768" ' (F).

'Wilkie's (Dr. W.) Fables, plates, 2 vols. 1768' (M52). 

Probably: Wilkie, William. Fables. London: E. & C. Dilly, and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, 1768.

(If the placement of the inverted commas in (F) is taken at face value, there appears to be an inscription by John Bewick written at the age of 8 years. The book does not appear in (A). An alternative is that it is that of John Bewick senior, father of Thomas and John. But this must be speculative. Bought, together with Moore's Fables for the female sex, by R Robinson for 3/6, in 1884.)

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