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A PROVISIONAL CHECKLIST OF THE LIBRARY OF THOMAS BEWICK

Drawn up for The Bewick Society by David Gardner-Medwin
Last corrected 10 December 2005.
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The Checklist
Part 1. Books formerly in the possession of Thomas Bewick
CLASS VI: Arts, Sciences, Mathematics, Heraldry &c.
A. Arts and Architecture
B. Medicine
C. Science and Mathematics
E. Heraldry Etc.
F. Politics
G. Miscellaneous

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 VI:] Arts, Sciences, Mathematics, Heraldry &c.

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A. Arts and Architecture

184. Architecture with Wood Prints, (A)

185. “Bewick's collection of old engraved writing books in 5 volumes, folio, and various others of his shop pattern books”. (K14,U)
Jane Bewick identified these volumes, sent to Thomas Kerslake of Bristol on July 14 1859, listing them in a Bewick Workshop ledger (T&WA 1269/84) as follows:

185a. Penman’s Repository by Miln & Ashby published by J. Walker 1795” (U).

185b. “Butterworth & Sons Universal Penmanship, RE Bewick autograph cost 10/6” [or 18/6: not clearly legible] (U).

185c. “Kirkwood & Wilde penmanship Engraved by Ellis” (U).

185d. “Tomkins beauties of writing 1777 Engraved by Ellis” (U).

185e. “The penmans Employment – Champion & Howard” (U).

185f. “New Book of Vases, Laws delt, published by Isaac Taylor 30 Holborn near Chancery Lane & engraved by Wm Darling Newport Street 1773, 6 pages complete” (U).

185g. “New Book of Vases published by Ackerman, 6 in number, complete Haworth invt & fecit” (U).

185h. “Domenico Francisco Ricard D.D. [D.D. written above the name] Frontispiece & 4 pages Grotesque heads – well drawn & Engraved” and “Grotesque heads Blane” (U).

186. Bewick, Thomas. Memorandum Book (S314)

“Four leaves of Thomas Bewick's Memorandum Book, contains two small portrait heads of Cicero and another, in pencil, small portr. of Frederick the Great ... group of small heads, with leather cover. Presented by Jane Bewick to E.P. Jupp Esq. June 1869, in gilt frame glazed” (S314).

187. Book van Slechem's[?] Wood Cuts, (A)

(or possibly van Skechem's). Not identified.

188. Books of wood cuts (U)

“2 Books of Wood Cuts from Vernon 4s.10d.” bought on 17.3.1801 (T&WA 1269/5).

189. Book of Wood Prints - Vignettes &c French, (A)

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190. [Burnett, J. On Light and Shade in Painting, 4to, boards, uncut, 1826. (M65)

Probably Burnet, J. Practical hints on Light and Shade in Painting, London: James Carpenter & Son, 1826.

(Bought by R Robinson for £1, in 1884.)]

191. [Burnett, J. On Composition in Painting, 2nd edition, 4to, 1827. (M66)

Fine etchings, boards, uncut.

Probably: John Burnet, FRS, A practical treatise on painting ... consisting of hints on composition, chiaroscuro, and colouring ..., London: 1827.

(Bought by R Robinson for £1-15-0, in 1884.)]

192. Carey, William. Critical Description of “Death on a Pale Horse” by West, pamphlet, 1817. (D6,M35)

“Critical description of Death on Pale Horse”. (D).

Probably: William Paulet Carey, Critical Decription and Analytical Review of ‘Death on a Pale Horse', painted by Benjamin West, PRA ..., London: 1817.

(This, together with the next item, bought by D Croal Thomson for 5/6, in 1884.)

193. Carey, William. Critical Description of Chaucer's “Canterbury Pilgrims”, pamphlet, 1818. (D6,M35)

“[Critical description] of Procession of Chaucer's Pilgrims” (D).

Probably: William Paulet Carey, Critical Decription of the Procession of Chaucer's Pilgrims to Canterbury, painted by Thomas Stothard ..., 2^nd edition, London: 1818.

(This, together with the previous item, bought by D Croal Thomson for 5/6, in 1884.)

194. Compendious Treatise of Anatomy. (A)

Possibly: John Turner, A Compendious Treatise of Anatomy, adapted to the Arts of Designing, Painting and Sculpture, on eight folio copper plates, in which the external muscles of the human body are represented as they appear in the best chosen attitudes ..., London: Robert Sayer, 1762 (or 1772 imprint); or,

as Tattersfield (2001) suggests, The Artist's Pocket Companion; being a Compendious Treatise of Anatomy, Second Edition, London: J. Walker, 1787).

195. “Description of Drawings by M^r Haydon & Pupils”, (D6)

Probably: Description of the drawings from the cartoons and Elgin marbles, by M^r Haydon's pupils, now exhibiting in the Great Room, No. 29 St James's Street, London: 1819

196. Drawing Book of Deer (M390,U)

“Paid for Drawing Book of Deer from [?]Ridinger^‡ 1s.6d.” on 3.7.1818 (T&WA 1269/7) (U).

“Ridinger's Book of Stags, six plates engraved by Roberts, stamped with T. Bewick's name. Five engravings of goats.” Sold for 12s. to R. Robinson in 1884 (M).

Possibly: Ridinger, J.E. Abbildung der jagtbaren Thiere ... , Augsburg, 1740; or a later reprint.

The title has not been firmly identified, but the illustrator Johann Elias Ridinger (or Riedinger) was probably the man named here. He was active in the 1740s-60s in natural history drawing, for example illustrating a book on elephants in 1744, and one on horses in c1760, in addition to the illustrations of game animals in 1740, quoted above. Whether the loose prints by Roberts auctioned in 1884 were taken from the work bought in 1818 or were different is not clear.

^‡The last two letters are not clear.

197. *Emblems of Mortality; representing, in upwards of fifty cuts, Death seizing all ranks and degrees of people; ..., small 8vo, London: T. Hodgson, 1789. (E,F,N10,R25)

Wood engravings by John Bewick; Hugo and Tattersfield (2001) state that Thomas Bewick assisted in the work.

“Emblems of Mortality with cuts 1789” (E)

“Emblems of Mortality pb Hodgson Clerkenwell 1789” (F).

(Autograph “Tho^s Bewick. NEWCASTLE” on title page (also recorded in N10). Rebound for Pease, no “Bewick Library number”.)

198. *Emblems of Mortality; representing, in upwards of fifty cuts, Death seizing all ranks and degrees of people; ..., small 8vo, London: T. Hodgson, 1789. (Private collection)

Another copy, with a hand-printed stamp “TBewick” on the recto of the frontispiece, as illustrated in Tattersfield (1999) page 30, but with no other mark of Bewick ownership (ex inf. I. Bain).

(Tattersfield records the use of this stamp on prints and engravings that had been in Bewick's possession (several such are listed in the 1884 Bewick Sale catalogue), but its use in this book appears at present to be unique. Without further evidence it would be idle to speculate about the reason. Nor, strictly, can we be certain that the copy recorded as above in E and F was not this one.)

199. [Malton, Thomas. Complete treatise on perspective in theory and practice, folio, 1776. Plates, calf. (M138)

The second edition, A Compleat ... [etc] has a London imprint: Printed for the author and sold by Messrs Robson [and four others], 1778.

(With R.E. Bewick's bookplate and autograph. See comment under “Perspective” (201) below. Bought for 11/- by R. Robinson in 1884.)]

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200. [Ori Apollinis Niliaci, de Sacris Aegyptorum, 18mo, Paris, 1574. (M60)

“Every page illustrated with fine woodcuts, very rare.” (M)

Doubtless: Horapollo, Ori Apollinis Niliaci, de sacris Aegyptorum notis, ..., Paris: apud Galeotum à Prato, & Ioannem Ruellium, 1574.

(Bought by R Robinson for 5/-, in 1884.)]

201. [Perspective, plates and diagrams, folio, half-calf. (M140)

Not identified.

(In catalogue M, lots 138-140 are four works on perspective published 1765, 1770, 1776, and (this one) n.d. Thomas Bewick's known lack of interest in perspective and RE Bewick's keen interest in this subject suggest the latter was the owner, indeed one contained his bookplate. All were bought by R. Robinson at the 1884 sale, this item together with two in lot 139 for £11.)]

202. [Practice of Perspective, 4to, 1765. (M139)

Probably: Dubreuil, Jean, A Practice of Perspective: or, an easy method of representing material objects ... translated by E. Chambers, 4^th edition, London: John Bowles and Carington Bowles, 1765.

(See comment on “Perspective” (201) above. Bought with two others for £11 by R. Robinson in 1884.)]

203. Rees, Dr Cyclopaedia of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, 45 vols. 4to, 1819. (C=,D6,E,M64,U)

“Rees's Cyclopaediae 39 Vols: 4/to 6 Vols: Plates” (C).

“... 39 Vol. 4/to & Plates” (D).

“Plates. 45 vols., ... half calf” (M64).

(Bought by J Myles for 18/- in 1884.)

Abraham Rees revised Chambers Cyclopaedia in 1778-88 (5010 pages, 159 plates) in 418 numbers at 6d. each. Bewick evidently bought the reprint, in separate parts. Its acquisition is set out in some detail in the cash books (T&WA 1269/6&7). While it is not always clear that references to “Cyclopedias” and “Encyclopedias” pertain to Rees, probably all of them do. The entries are:

9.1.1810 “pd Charnley Encyclo^a to vol 13 Part 2 £4.1.6”

4.2.1811 “Charnleys Bill for Encyclopedias £7.2.0”,

13.11.11 “Cyclopedia's [sic] & Donovans Fishes 3d” [delivery charge],

25.11.11 “Freight & Cranage Copper & Encyclopedia 1s.10d.”,

23.4.12 “Parcel of Rees's Encyclopedia by Waggon 2s.3d.”,

29.9.13 “Ree's Encyclopeadia [sic] from Charnley 1s.”,

15.2.14 “Ree's Encyclopedia by Charnley 6d.”,

13.4.14 “Cyclopedia from Charnley 6d.”,

23 5.14 “Cyclopediae by Charnley 6d.”,

1.8.14 “Cyclopediae by Charnley 6d.”,

3.10.14 “Cyclopeadie [sic] by Charnley 6d.”,

2.1.15 “Cyclopaedia from Charnley 1s.”,

24.6.15 “Encyclopaedia p^d Charnley 6d.”

2.10.15 “p^d Charnley for carriage 2 Encyclopedia 1s.”,

2.8.16 “N^o. 62 63 64 65 & plates Rees Cyclopaedia £4.15.10”,

Relatively few purchases of books appear in the cash books after 1812 when Robert Bewick undertook most of the book-keeping, and the encyclopaedia payments form a majority of such entries. It is evident that the number of volumes continued to increase between 1822 (D) and the ultimate sale in 1884 (M), but no identifiable purchases appear in the firm's cash books after 1816. It appears that after trying direct purchase with delivery by sea or wagon the family reverted to accepting Charnley's smaller middleman's charge for delivery.

204. [Reynolds, Discourses, 8vo, 2 vols. 1788. (M17)

Probably: a later edition of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Seven discourses delivered in the Royal Academy by the President, London: T. Cadell, 1778. No 1788 edition yet identified.

(Bought together with the 1770 volume of Pennant's Zoology, by Major Cowen for 4/-, in 1884.]

205. [Reynolds, Sir Jos. Discourses, 8vo, half-calf, 1788. (M18)

Another copy of the above.

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

206. Rowlandson “2 large Fol^s of Rowlandson's Sketches”. (A)

207a. Savage, William. Practical Hints on Decorative Printing, with Illustrations Engraved on Wood, and Printed in Colours at the Type Press, London: Published for the Proprietor by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; T. Cadell; J. Booth; J. Major; R. Triphook; and R. Jennings, 1822. 4to.]           (U,W)
Bewick seems to have arranged to receive this book as payment in kind for two that he sent to Savage in 1817, in effect using them as his subscription to the book:
“Mr Savage, Printer Lucas Street Brunswick Square London.
1817 Jan 2        Dt 1 Sett Demy Birds    £1.6.0.              Cr   By his Book on Decorative printing.
                             1 Impl Copy Fables of Major?                 [Pencilled note] Failed” (U). (T&WA 1269/83, page 21).
Thomas Bewick appears on the List of Subscribers.
(Major may have been John Major the London bookseller, one of the publishers of Decorative Printing. His Fables has not been identified. Bewick follows his mention of it with a (reversed) question mark, and fails to give it a price. Perhaps a book of Fables (? Gay’s) was to be supplied to Savage in London by Major. There is no certainty that the promised book, published about 5 years after TB sent the Birds and Fables, was ever received. Indeed the later-pencilled “Failed” suggests that at some point Bewick gave up hope of receiving it. It was however published in two parts, the first in 1819 the second in 1822. An apology, dated 25 Nov 1818, and issued by the author with Part 1, expressed the hope that Part 2 would appear before the end of 1819. It may eventually have been received, presumably in 1822, in settlement of the old debt. TB's apprentice Charlton Nesbit contributed two engravings after Thurston (ex inf. Iain Bain). He, Edward Willis and Luke Clennell, and many other Newcastle men, all appear on the List of Subscribers, in addition to Bewick.)]

Bewick seems to have arranged to receive this book as payment in kind for two that he sent to Savage in 1817, in effect using them as his subscription to the book:

“M^r Savage, Printer Lucas Street Brunswick Square London.
1817 Jan 2 D^t 1 Sett Demy Birds £1.6.0. C^r By his Book on Decorative printing.
1 Imp^lCopy Fables of Major? [Pencilled note] Failed” (U). (T&WA 1269/83, page 21).

Thomas Bewick appears on the List of Subscribers.

(Major may have been John Major the London bookseller, one of the publishers of Decorative Printing. His Fables has not been identified. Bewick follows his mention of it with a (reversed) question mark, and fails to give it a price. Perhaps a book of Fables (? Gay's) was to be supplied to Savage in London by Major. There is no certainty that the promised book, published about 5 years after TB sent the Birds and Fables, was ever received. Indeed the later-pencilled “Failed” suggests that at some point Bewick gave up hope of receiving it. It was however published in two parts, the first in 1819 the second in 1822. An apology, dated 25 Nov 1818, and issued by the author with Part 1, expressed the hope that Part 2 would appear before the end of 1819. It may eventually have been received, presumably in 1822, in settlement of the old debt. TB's apprentice Charlton Nesbit contributed two engravings after Thurston (ex inf. Iain Bain). He, Edward Willis and Luke Clennell, and many other Newcastle men, all appear on the List of Subscribers, in addition to Bewick.)]

208. Taylor, Brook. Perspective made easy, 4to, 1770. Plates wanting, imperfect. (M139)

Curious frontispiece by Hogarth.

Probably a later edition of: Kirby, John Joshua, Dr. Brook Taylor's method of perspective made easy; both in theory and practice, ... illustrated with many copper plates, ..., London: for the author and sold by T. Payne [and others], 3^rd edition 1768 (other editions 1755, 1765, 1767; 1770 edition not found).

(See comment under “Perspective” (201) above. Bought in 1884 with two others for £11 by R Robinson.)]

209. [Treatise on Painting in Water colours. (U)

“Treatise on Painting in Water colours 3s.6d.” purchased 24.9.1828 (T&WA 1269/9).

Possibly: A treatise on landscape painting and effect in water colours ... by David Cox. London: S. & J. Fuller [and others], 1813; or later edition.

(Entered in the business cash book after Thomas Bewick's retirement and probably bought for Robert Elliot Bewick's use.)]

210. [Winckelmann, John Joachim, Reflections on the Painting and Sculpture. (F)

“Abbe Winkelman on paint^g & Sculp” (F).

Possibly: [Winckelmann, John Joachim,] Reflections on the Painting and Sculpture of the Greeks: ... translated from the German of Abbé Winckelmann by Henry Fusseli, London: for the translator, and sold by A. Millar, 1765; or, London: A. Millar and T. Cadell, 1767; or another edition.]

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B. Medicine

211. Acc^t. of Poisons. (A)

Probably Mead, Richard. A mechanical account of poisons, in several essays, editions 1702, 1708, and 1745, with several pirated reprints.

(Recorded only in John Bewick's bequest to Thomas; the 1745 edition, in particular, was of possible interest to both brothers for its illustrations of vipers, scorpions and other venomous animals.)

212. Buchan Domestic Medicine, 1 vol. (C,M23)

William Buchan Domestic medicine; or, a treatise on the cure and prevention of diseases, by regimen and simple medicine; numerous editions 1769-1846, including Newcastle imprints, for example by K. Anderson, 1812 and Mackenzie & Dent in St Nicholas' Church-yard, 1815. Intriguingly, the first edition of Buchan's work was translated into French by Jean Paul Marat (1743-1793), the revolutionary, who practised as a doctor and vet in Newcastle in about 1770-73 and is mentioned among the radicals of the city, though confirmed details are scanty. Later he went to Edinburgh and Buchan was one of his two referees for the degree of MD St Andrews (1775); (Nockels, K. “Jean Paul Marat (1743-1793): scientist and revolutionary”, J. Med. Biogr. 2:156-161 (1992); Horsley (1971) pp.199-217).

(Bought in a lot with 3 other un-named works by R Robinson for 1/6, in 1884.)

213. Cornaro, Lewis. Some methods of attaining a Long and Healthful Life, 4th edition, 24mo, London, 1727, calf. (M129,V)

(See Memoir (1975, page 49) for Thomas Bewick's account of reading “Lewis Cornaro & other Books which treated of temperance” while an apprentice. Austin Dobson bought Some methods... for 15/-, in 1884 and wrote (Dobson, 1889, page 34) 'A little copy of Cornaro's “Sure and Certain Methods of attaining a Long and Healthful Life,” etc, dated 1727, and roughly rebound in sheep, is in the possession of the present writer. It once belonged to Robert Elliot Bewick, and is possibly the identical copy which was his father's companion when wandering on the Town Moor, or in the Elswick fields'. The discrepancy between the “calf” and “sheep” binding may have been the cataloguer's error. On the other hand Cornaro also wrote another work Discourses on a sober and temperate life, (London: B. White, 1768) which seems to fit better with Bewick's own account of what he read.)

214. Green, Dr. The Modern Family Physician. Being Dr Green's Treasure of Health: or, Cabinet of Cures Unlock'd, 1783. (A,C,U)

“D^r Greens Treasure of Health” (A)

“p^d Young^‡ for binding Fam^y Physician 1s.6d.” on 5.6.1802 (T&WA 1269/5) (U).

“Family Physician. 1. Vol:” (C).

Probably: The Modern Family Physician. Being Dr Green's Treasure of Health: or, Cabinet of Cures Unlock'd, [no place or publisher], 1783 (Tattersfield, 2001).

^‡James Young, bookbinder, of Queen St, Newcastle, had died in 1801 (Hunt, 1975). Perhaps his successors kept the name of the firm.

215. MacKenzie, [G.S.] Illustrations of Phrenology. 1820. (C,M9)

“Illustrations of Phrenology. 1820” (C).

“MacKenzie's Phrenology”, (M9)

Probably: MacKenzie, Sir George Steuart. Illustrations of Phrenology, with engravings by Sir G.S. Mackenzie. Edinburgh: A. Constable & Co., and Hurst, Robinson & Co., London, 1820. The book contains a portrait of Bewick (engraved by W.H. Lizars) and a phrenological analysis based upon it.

(Purchaser in 1884 sale not recorded.)

216. Trotter, T. Essay on Drunkeness, (C,E,?M32)

“Trotter's Essay on Drunkeness” (C,E).

No doubt Thomas Trotter's An Essay, Medical, Philosophical, and Chemical, on Drunkenness, and its Effects on the Human Body, London: Longman and Rees, 1804; or later edition.

(Lot M32 includes four works by Trotter, but names only two. If this was one of the others it was bought with them by R Robinson for 6/6.)

217. [Trotter, Thomas. A proposal for destroying the Fire and Choak-Damps of Coal Mines ... addressed to the Owners and Agents of Coal Works, 1805. (M32)

“Trotter (Dr. Thomas) On Destroying Fire and Choke-Damps in Coal Mines, 1805” (M32).

(Bought with three other Trotter items by R Robinson for 6/6, in 1884.)]

218. Trotter, T. On the Nervous Temperament, 8vo, 1807. (C,?M32,?U)

No doubt A view of the nervous temperament: being a practical enquiry into the increasing prevalence, prevention and treatment ..., London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1807 or, much more likely in view of the source in the cash book below, the 2nd edition printed in Newcastle by Edward Walker for Longmans, also in 1807.

“Paid for Dr Trotters Book to Mr. Walker 7s.” on 24.2.1807 (T&WA 1269/6).

(Lot M32 includes four works by Trotter, but names only two others. See 216 above.)

219. [Trotter, Dr Thomas. The Noble Foundling, 1812. (M32)

No doubt: Trotter, Thomas. The Noble Foundling; or, The Hermit of the Tweed: a tragedy, in five acts. London: Printed by E. Walker [? of Newcastle] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812.

(See comments above). Bought by Robinson, 1884. Not medical! but listed here to keep company with the other Trotter works. ]

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C. Science and Mathematics

220. Anderson, Dr. Treatise on Peat Moss, (D6)

Probably: James Anderson. A practical treatise on peat moss ... for affording fuel, or ... converted into mold ... and afterwards cultivating it as a soil, Edinburgh and London: T. Chapman, 1794; or other edition.

221. Banson, W. Practical Arithmetic. (A,D6)

“Practical Arithmetic by W^m Banson NC” (A)

“Tutors Assistant. Arithmetic” (D)

Probably: William Banson. The schoolmaster and scholar's mutual assistant, or, a compendious system of practical arithmetic, made perfectly easy ..., numerous editions, including London and Newcastle imprints by T. Slack of Newcastle, 1760 and 1767.

222. Bruce, E. and J. An introduction to Geography and Astronomy, by the use of globes and maps. To which are added, the construction of maps and a table of the latitudes and longitudes ... Newcastle: printed by S. Hodgson for W. Charnley, Newcastle, and Messrs. Robinson, and Longman & Rees, London, 1803. (W)

(Mr. T. Bewick” is on the list of subscribers. Edward and John Bruce were brothers who kept a school at Byker. John later set up the Percy Street Academy in Newcastle; many of his pupils later distinguished themselves. This book very probably formed an important part of the education of Robert Elliot Bewick (aged 15 in 1803) and may have influenced his interest in the mathematical aspects of drawing.)

223. [Cail, William. Astronomical and Mathematical Problems, manuscript with neatly drawn diagrams, 55 tractates, 8vo, 1793. (M49)

(Bought by R Robinson for 14/-, in 1884.)]

224. [Mr Culley's Treatise. (U)

“Carr. of Mr. Culley's treatise etc. 4d.” paid on 4.12.1788 (T&WA 1269/2).

Not firmly identifiable, but quite probably George Culley's Observations on Livestock, containing hints for choosing and improving the best breeds of the most useful kinds of domestic animals, London: G.G.J. & J. Robinson, 1786; a book which made Culley (then a farmer at Fenton, Northumberland) nationally famous as a livestock improver and which Beilby and Bewick would have found valuable in the preparation of A General History of Quadrupeds (1790). Indeed Culley and Bailey were both acknowledged there. This, the first edition, was not illustrated, but the second edition of 1794 contained three engravings (of a shorthorn bull, a ram and a Herdwick ram), drawn and, in at least one case engraved, by John Bailey, estate agent at Chillingham and friend of Bewick. The Herdwick also appeared with other engravings in Bailey and Culley's General View of the agriculture of Northumberland (London: G. & W. Nicol, 1794). The word “treatise” does not appear on the title page, but it is applied to the need supplied by this book in the opening sentence of the preface.]

225. Dodd, R[alph]. Observations on Water, 1805. Pamphlet. (D6,E)

“Observations on Water by R Dodd 1805” (D).

“Dodd on Water Pamphlet” (E).

No doubt: Dodd, Ralph. Observations on water: with a recommendation of a more convenient and extensive supply of Thames water to the metropolis. London: G. Cooke, 1805.

(Dodd was a Newcastle man, an expert on canals. His memorial is in Newcastle cathedral.)

226. *Furnass, Revd. J. The Practical Surveyor, 8vo, Newcastle; 1809. (D6,M196)

The diagrams engraved on wood, and plans on copper by Thomas Bewick, and plans coloured by Miss Bewick (see Hugo, 1866, 236). The Bewick Cash Book (T&WA 1269/6) records on 16.3.1811 “Furnass. Paid Jane, Bell, & Betsy for the colour'd Plans £12.8.4”.

“Furnass's Practical Surveyor” (D).

No doubt: Furnass, John. The Practical Surveyor: being a treatise on surveying: designed for the use of schools, 8vo, Newcastle: printed for the author by S. Hodgson, 1809.

(Bought for 5/- at the Bewick sale in 1884, purchaser not recorded.)

227. Howard, John. A Treatise on spherical geometry, containing its fundamental properties; the doctrine of its loci; ... with an application of these elements to a variety of problems, Newcastle: printed by E. Walker, sold by T.N. Longman, London, 1798. (D6,V,W)

“Howards Spherical Geometry 1 Vol. 8/vo” (D).

(The subscribers list includes “Mr Thomas Bewick”. Bewick mentions Howard in his Memoir (p.113) as a drinking companion and the author of this book, and that he was buried at St John's church in 1799. Bewick may have subscribed out of friendship as much as interest, though his son Robert (aged 10) may already have shown an interest in mathematical drawing. His friend John Bailey, surveyor, engraver and agriculturist, also subscribed.)

228. [McDonald Dictionary of Gardening, 2 vols. 4to, half calf, 1807. (M21)

Probably: McDonald, Alexander [pseudonym]. A complete dictionary of practical gardening: comprehending all the modern improvements of the art ... with correct engravings ... from original drawings by Sydenham Edwards. 2 volumes. London: G. Kearsley, 1807; with plates, some coloured.

(Bought by E Howell for 3/6, in 1884).]

229. Martin [William]. New System of Natural Philosophy, 1821. (E)

“Martin's New System of Nat^l Philosophy 1821” (E).

Probably: Wm. Martin. A new system of natural philosophy on the principle of perpetual motion: with a variety of other useful discoveries ..., Newcastle: Preston and Heaton, 1821.

[NB William, the brother of the artist John Martin (1789-1854), and of Jonathan Martin, the apparent schizophrenic, who attempted to murder the Bishop of Oxford and in 1829 set fire to the choir of York Minster. William himself wrote this strange anti-Newtonian work and wandered the streets of Newcastle, giving away the pamphlets he had written.]

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230. “Newtonian Philosophy”. (Bj,D6,F)

“The Newtonian System of Phil.^y” (Bj).

“Newtonian Philosophy” (D).

“The Newtonian System of Philosophy 1770 to which is prefixed a long list of Books printed for Carnan & Newbery. London” (F).

[N.B. Bewick illustrated Isaaci Newtoni Opera Quae exstant omnia. Commentariis illustrabat Samuel Horsley, LL.D. R.S.S. ...(London: J. Nichols, 1779) - see Memoir (1975) pp.54-5 - “the execution of the whole devolved upon me” - and Hugo (1866, 3761). This work was in 5 volumes, quarto, and it is clearly not the book listed as above in B, D and F).]

More likely is: “Telescope Tom” [O. Goldsmith, J. Newbery, W. Magnet]. The Newtonian system of philosophy: adapted to the capacities of young ladies and gentlemen and familiarized and made entertaining ... by Telescope Tom, 4^th edition. London: T. Carnan and E. Newbery, 1770.

(Listed among Jane's books in 1806 and Thomas's in 1822).

231. *[[Reay, Henry Utrick.] A Short Treatise on that Useful Invention called the Sportsman's Friend; or, The Farmer's Footman. By a Gentleman Farmer of Northumberland. With Figures of the Instrument and it Use, Engraved on Wood, by Thomas Bewick, from the Paintings of Joseph Atkinson, Cattle-Painter, in Newcastle, Newcastle: Printed by Edw. Walker, n.d. [1801]. (L)

(Letterpress of the printed pamphlet with ms notes by Jane Bewick on the title page, giving the author's name, stating that her father both drew and engraved the illustrations, and erasing the printed credit of Joseph Atkinson - “not so” she writes. On pages 22-23 she has written a statement about the inventors of the South Shields lifeboat, saying that Greathead unjustly “took the credit, the profit and the ring” while Wouldhave “died a poor parish clerk”). Loosely inserted are proof impressions, one autographed by Thomas Bewick, of the two wood engravings illustrating the Sportsman's Friend. Lacks the copperplate engraving. Hancock Museum accession NEWHM:1997.H74.)]

232. Walker, Adam. An Account of the Eidouranion, or Transparent Orrery, London: 1789. (A,F)

“Walkers Eidouranion” (A).

“Account of transparent Orrery (London: 1789)” (F).

Probably: Walker, Adam. An Account of the Eidouranion, or Transparent Orrery, invented by A. Walker ... as lectured upon by his son, W. Walker [1784 edition, London, printed for the lecturer - 1789 edition not yet identified].

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E. Heraldry Etc.

233. Alciati Emblemata, small 8vo, cuts, imperfect. (F,K14,U)

Thus in K14.

“Andr Alciati Emblemata 1626” (F).

“Alciati Emblems [sold] for 5s” to Kerslake in 1859 (T&WA 1269/84) (U).

Probably: Andrea Alciati [1492-1550]. Andreae Alciati i.v.c. emblemata: elucidata doctissimus Claudii Minois commentariis ..., [editions include] Lugduni: H.G. Roillii, 1614; and Padua: P.P.Tozzium, 1621. No 1626 edition yet identified, unless it is the Italian translation, Emblemi di A. Alciati ... Padua: P.P. Tozzi, 1626.

234. “Alphabet of Arms in Manuscript”. (D6)

235. “Arms of English Baronets &”. (D6)

236. Barraud Book of Cyphers, Six Hundred, (E,?K11,?U)

“Book of Cyphers six hundred by Barraud” (E).

“Imperfect book of Monograms” (T&WA 1269/84) (U).

“Book of Ciphers, 4to, fragment only” (K11).

Probably: Barraud, Phillip. A new book of single ciphers, comprising six hundred, invented and engraved by ..., London, 1782 or London: L.B. Seeley, 1805.

236a. Book of Ciphers, 4to, fragment only. (K11,U)

“Imperfect Book of Monograms” (T&WA 1269/84) (U).

Probably Barraud; see above.

237. [Catton. English Peerage, 3 vols. Royal 4to, 1790. (?D6,M135)

“With numerous beautifully engraved Coats of Arms. Calf.” (M)

“English Peerage, 1 Vol.” (D) (possibly different, recorded also at 240).

No doubt: Catton, Charles. The English peerage; or, a view of the ancient and present state of the English nobility ... chronological account of such titles as have become extinct ... 3 vols. London: G.G.J. & J. Robinson, 1790.

(With the book-plate and autograph of Mr. Robert E. Bewick. Bought by J Myles for 14/-, in 1884.)]

238. Coats, James. A new dictionary of heraldry, explaining the terms used in that science ... containing all the rules of blazon ... illustrated with 196 devices on copper ...2nd edition. London: J. Osborn, 1739. (D6,Y)
Probably the same as “Dictionary of Heraldry” (D6)
(Inscribed “T Bewick” on title page, probably in Jane Bewick’s hand. A note in an unknown hand on the flyleaf “From Miss Bewick’s sale”; but the book is not identifiable in the 1884 catalogue (M). In a later binding. No “Bewick Library number”.)

239. Edmondson, Jos. A Complete Body of Heraldry, 2 vols. Folio, 1780. (D6,M136,U)

Portrait and plates, half-calf. M136 states that this scarce work contains upwards of 50,000 coats of arms with their crests.

“Young^‡ for bind^g 1^st Vol Edmunstone 4s.6d.” paid on 6.6.1800 (T&WA 1269/5) (U).

“Edmonstons Heraldry 2 Vols Folio” (D).

No doubt: Joseph Edmondson. A complete body of heraldry: containing an historical enquiry into the origin of armories, ... 2 vols. folio, London: printed by T. Spilsbury for the author, 1780.

(Bought by R Robinson for £3, in 1884.)

^‡Probably James Young of Queen St, Newcastle, who died in 1801 (Hunt, 1975).

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240. “English Peerage, 1 Vol.”. (D)

Possibly the same as 237 (Catton English Peerage, 3 vols. Royal 4to, 1790), but it would be odd for only one volume to be present in 1822 when there were three at the 1884 sale.

241. Guillim Display of Heraldrie, Cuts of Arms, 2nd edition, folio 1632, half-calf. (D6,M134)

“Guillims Display of Heraldry 1632” (D).

No doubt: John Guillim. A display of heraldrie: manifesting a more easy accesse to the knowledge thereof ..., 2nd edition, London: printed by R. Badger for R. Mab, 1632.

(With autograph “T. Bewick, Engraver, Newcastle, 1800”. Bought by R Robinson for £1-10-0, in 1884.)

242. Kirkwood, Crests. (D6,U)

“Crests by Kirkwood” (D)

“Book of Crests & Map of Scotland from Kirkwood 2s.2d.” paid on 23.7.1805 (T&WA 1269/6) (U).

No doubt: Kirkwood, J. Crests of the principal families of Great Britain and Ireland, with explanations and mottos, engraved by J. Kirkwood and Sons, from sketches by G. Sanders. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, and Vernon & Hood, 1805. See 295 below for the Map of Scotland.

243. Nisbet, Alexander. System of Heraldry, with the True Art of Blazon, Edinburgh: 1782 [or 1722]. (D6,M137)

“Nisbets Heraldry 1 Vol. 1722” (D).

“... plates of arms, Edinburgh, 1782” (M137).

(The lot also lists 'and another, imperfect, 2 vols., folio. “Thomas Bewick, Newcastle” written inside of board'. It is not clear whether the imperfect volumes are a copy of this work or another un-named. The lot was bought by J Myles for £1-1-0, in 1884.)

244. “Peerage of England”. (D6)

Possibly: Collins, Arthur. The peerage of England: containing a genealogical and historical account ... also their paternal coats of arms, crests, supporters and mottoes, curiously engraved on copper-plates ..., 5th edition, 8 vols. London: W. Strahan [etc], 1779; or another edition.

245. Peerage of Scotland, 1 vol. 8vo. (D6,M9)

Possibly a stray volume of: Douglas, Sir Robert, The peerage of Scotland: containing an historical and genealogical account ..., 2nd edition, 2 vols. Edinburgh: G. Ramsay, 1813; or the London edition of F.C. & J. Rivington, 1812; or another.

(Buyer not recorded at the Bewick sale, 1884.)

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F. Politics [Not a category used by Bewick in his list.]

246. [Franklin Works, 2 vols, 18mo, 1803, half-morocco. (M115)

Possibly: The works of the late Doctor Benjamin Franklin: consisting of his life written by himself, together with ... , 2 vols. Edinburgh: D. Schaw, 1803.

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

247. Owen, Robert. Report to the County of Lanark, 1821. (E)

“Report to the County of Lanark by Rob^t Owen 1821” (E).

No doubt: Owen, Robert. Report to the County of Lanark, of a plan for relieving public distress, and removing discontent, by giving permanent, productive employment, to the poor and working classes, ... , Glasgow: Wardlaw & Cunninghame [and others], 1821.

248. Paine, Thomas. Rights of Man, 8vo, 1791. (M47)

Several editions were published in London by J.S. Jordan in 1791.

(With autograph of Thomas Bewick. Bought by R Donkin for £1-16-0, in 1884.)

249. [Spence, T. Gray's Elegy. (M141)

(This and the following Spence items in this lot were bought by E Robson for 10/6 at the Bewick sale in 1884. Information on Spence is from Ashraf (1983).)]

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250. [Spence, T. Humorous Songs. (M141)

Possibly Humorous Catalogue of Spence's songs by Mr Evans, usually bound with the three parts of Spence's Songs London: Seale [or Seale and Bates], nd c1807.]

(Bought by E Robson at the 1884 sale (M141).)

251. [Spence, T. Spence's Coins etc. (M141)

(Probably The Coin Collector's Companion, being a descriptive alphabetical list of the modern provincial, political and other copper coins, 8vo, London: 1795;