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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 VIII:] Novels, Fables, Plays, &c School Books Aesop's Fables (302-315)302. Aesop's Fables, translated by Dr. [Samuel] Croxall, woodcuts, 7th edition, 12mo, Tonson, 1760. (M53,F) “Aesop's Fables, translated by Dr. Croxall, woodcuts, 7th edition, 12mo, Tonson, 1760” (M53). “Croxalls Aesop 7th Ed; correcns by T. Bewick 1760” (F). (Bought by D Croal Thomson for 7/-, in 1884.) 303. Aesop's Fables, translated by Dr. S. Croxall, 7th edition, 18mo, printed for and by T. Saint, 1783. (D8,E,?F,M58) “Fables of Esop by T. Saint” (D). “Aesops Fables duodecmo (Saint 1783” (E). “Fables of Aesop & others Saint first Cuts TB 7th Edition 1783” (F). It is not certain that the note in F (above) refers to the same work. If it does, it appears to indicate that Thomas Bewick was responsible for at least some of the cuts in Saint's edition of Croxall's Aesop. But the “& others” and the closeness in date to Saint's edition of Select Fables (1784) may mean that Jane Bewick confused the latter work and Croxall's. (Bought with lot M59 by RG McKenzie for 12/-, in 1884.) 304. [Aesop's Fables, translated by Croxall, 14th edition, 1788. (M55) (Bought by RE McKenzie for 2/6, in 1884.)] 305. [Fables of Aesop, and others, newly done into English, by S. Croxall, D.D., with an application to each fable, illustrated with cuts, 12mo, n.d. (M59) The number of editions in the Bewick library of Croxall's Aesop confirms the comment in the Memoir (chapter 15) that Bewick “was extremely fond of that book”. (Bought in lot M59 by RG McKenzie for 12/-, in 1884.)] 306. “Aesop's Fables with Plates”. (E) Not identified. Possibly the same as the following. 307. “Esop's Fables - by Richardson 12/mo”. (D8) Probably: Richardson, Samuel. Aesop's Fables: with instructive morals and reflections ... and the Life of Aesop ... 12o. 192 pages, with plates. London: J. Rivington [and others], n.d. c1772; or another edition [the 1st edition was 1739]. 308. “Aesop's Fables, with upwards of 200 large oval wood-cuts”. (M56,R570,V) A volume, of Aesop, lacking title page, and not yet identified. Superficially similar to Croxall's editions, but differing in many details, especially in being more succinct (202 fables are contained in 330 pages, compared with 196 in 329 pages in much smaller print in Croxall's 12th edition (1782). The preface criticises Croxall for prolixity and bigotry, calling his edition “unfit to enliven our youth”. (Autograph “T. Bewick, 1771” (written whilst in the fourth year of his apprenticeship), and recorded as “A gift from Thomas Bewick to Robert Elliot Bewick” in M56. It may have lacked its title page when Bewick owned it; certainly in the 1884 sale catalogue there was no exact title and it was there described as “curious and very rare”. It was sold there to E. Howell,‡ for £1-10-0. It reappeared on 13 May 1974 when it was presented to the Newcastle City Library by Mr W. Masters of Helston, Cornwall. It lacks the title page and all before the preface (page iii), and has been rebacked retaining the original covers and endpapers. Bewick's autograph is inside the front cover, and on the flyleaf is the autograph “My Father gave me this Book June 16th 1801 R E Bewick”. One of the earliest of Bewick's own possessions to have survived and one of very few to remain almost in its original form.) ‡ Mr E. Howell of Liverpool. He bought eight volumes of proof Bewick wood engravings at the Barnes sale for 41 gns (newspaper cutting Newcastle Journal 11 May 1894 pasted in the Barnes catalogue, Pease 203). 309. [Aesop: Select Fables, by Dodsley, engravings, 12mo, 1773. (M54) Probably: Select fables of Esop and other fabulists. In three books. By R. Dodsley. London: Dodsley, 1773. (Bought by Jarvis and Son for 3/6, in 1884.)] 310. *[Fables of Aesop & others Saint first Cuts TB 7th Edition 1783. (F) Possibly the same as Saint's Croxall 7th edition, see 303 above. Not otherwise yet identified.] 311. (*)Beauties of Aesop and other Fabulists, fine woodcuts by Thomas Bewick. (M190) Probably an edition of: Beauties of Aesop and other Fabulists; being a collection of fables selected from Aesop, Dodsley, Gay &c, adorned with cuts by Thomas Bewick. [3rd edition. London: J. Richardson, 1822]. (Bought by Jarvis and Son for 8/-, in 1884.) 312. Fabellae Aesopicae. Latine. Cum Imaginibus. 12mo, Antv: Raphelengius, 1604. (K9,U) Many good woodcuts. Old vellum (K). “Fabulae Aesopae. Do. [ie Autograph] letter from Owen Rees MDCXXI” (U). (Inscribed on the cover “Present to T. Bewick from Messrs. Longman & Co. Booksellers, June...79.., London.” –K9. Listed by Jane Bewick – T&WA 1269/84, pp103-4.) 313. *The Fables of Aesop, and others, with designs on wood, by Thomas Bewick, 1st Edition, Imp 8vo, Newcastle: printed by E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son, 1818; (E) “Bewick's Aesop, 2 Copies Impl.” (E) (The copy of this edition in the library of the Natural History Society and the two in the Pease Collection, R138 and R139, show no evidence of Bewick ownership.) 314. Fabulae variorum auctorum, Aesopi, etc, 12mo, Francof. 1660. (K10,U) 315. (*)Fables by John Gay 1812, cuts and Aesop's Fables. (D8,?U) “Fables by John Gay 1812 cuts” (D). “Esop's Fables by Whittingham” (D). (The two works are bracketted in D - perhaps bound together?) Possibly the same item was purchased on 2.8.1816 – “Croxal, & Gays Fables 15s.10d.” having been delivered 7 months earlier on 2.1.16 “pd Charnley for carriage of Croxall & Gay 6d.” (T&WA 1269/6) (U). (See also under Gay, John (325-6), Locke (336) and Select Fables (357-360), below.) ----------------- 316. “Les Aventures de Telemaque 1778”. (A,D8) (“Avantures” in A) Probably: Fénelon, F. de S. de la M. Les aventures de Telemaque, fils d'Ulysse ..., Londres: J. Nourse, 1778; or, less likely, the English translation The adventures of Telemachus, the son of Ulysses ..., 19th edit. London: J. Buckland [and others], 1778. (Berquin. See “Friend to Youth”(324) and The Looking-Glass for the Mind (337), below.) 317. [Blind Jack (U) “2 Books Blind Jack, Knaresbrough 4s.” bought 13.9 1796 (T&WA 1269/4). No doubt an edition of the chapbook: The life of Blind Jack of Knaresbrough, ... ] 318. *The Blossoms of Morality. Intended for the Amusement and Instruction of young Ladies and Gentlemen. By the editor of The Looking-Glass for the Mind. With forty-seven cuts, designed and engraved by I. Bewick, Second Edition, London: E. Newbery, 1796. (A,F,P157,R75,Ys) “Blossoms of morality” (A). “Blossoms of Morality Newbery 2d Editn John Bewick 1796” (F). “Blossoms of Morality” (Ys). Tattersfield (2001; re JB7) records that the cuts were incomplete when John Bewick died [on 5 Dec, 1795] and were finished in Thomas Bewick's workshop. He suggests that the copy bequeathed by John to Thomas was the earlier unillustrated edition of 1789, which may well be so. But this leaves unexplained the inscription by R.E. Bewick in the Pease copy (R75) of the 1796 edition, quoted below. We cannot firmly conclude that the family had more than one copy, but Thomas may have given Robert (aged 7) a copy of the new illustrated edition, not long after John's death, as a posthumous gift from his uncle, the principal illustrator. (Autographs, on title page “R.E. Bewicks Book Forth Newcastle, presented by Uncle John” and variously on the flyleaves and back of last page: “REB”, “Robt Elliot Bewicks Book FORTH NEWCASTLE” and “RE Bewicks”. Later inscribed by Barnes “bought of Miss Bewick”. Sold, together with The Looking-Glass for the Mind, at the sale of the Barnes collection in 1894 (P157) to Pease (for £3-15-0). Rebound for him by Waters. No “Bewick Library number”.) 319. “Catechism of Nature”, (D8,E) Probably: Martinet, J.F. The catechism of nature, for the use of children ... translated from the Dutch by John Hall, London: J. Johnson, edits. 1794, 1808 etc. 320. Collection of Visions & Allegories for Youth, 1 vol. 12mo. (C=,D8) Probably: A collection of visions and allegories: selected from the most eminent authors, for the improvement of the youth of both sexes, London: E. & C. Dilly, 1772, or another edition. (Compendium of Useful Knowledge. See Trusler (368), below.) 321. [Counting House Companion (U) “Counting House Companion 6d.” bought 18.8.1815 (T&WA 1269/7). No doubt for the workshop.] 322. “English Dictionary - small”, (D8) (Fénelon. See Les aventures de Telemaque (316) above.) 323. Flora or the Deserted Child, Longman & Rees, 1800. (F,M39,M132,Z) Thus in (F). ‘Flora, the Deserted Child, 1800 [Inscribed] “The gift of Thomas Bewick to his daughter Isabella”)' (M132). ‘Flora, the gift of Thos. Bewick to his daughter, 1800’ (Bewick Exhibition 1886 – item 23) (Z) ‘The Deserted Child' was one of several books in lot M39 – (see “Children's Books” (427) in Part 3). Evidently an earlier edition of: Somerville, Elizabeth. Flora, or, the Deserted Child, London: J. Harris ... and Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806. (It is possible that two copies were involved, but the duplication in lots M39 and M132 may have been an error as they were bought with a single bid; see The Village School (482), below.) 324. Friend to Youth, 2nd vol. (A,Bj) “2nd vol: Friend to Youth” (A). “Friend of Youth 2d vol” (Bj). [Probably from: Berquin, Arnaud. Friend of Youth, 2 vols. London: J. Stockdale et al., 1788; - Tattersfield, 2001; or the edition London: C. Dilly and others, and Edinburgh: W. Creech, 1788.] 325. *[Gay, John. Fables, 12mo, London, 1788; 66 fine cuts by John Bewick. (M191) No doubt: Fables by the late Mr. Gay. In one volume complete. London: J. Buckland and C. Rivington [and many others], 1788. Tattersfield (2001) JB16 calls for 67 woodcuts by John Bewick. He compares this edition with that of Thomas Saint of Newcastle, illustrated by Thomas Bewick, of which no copy seems to be recorded in Thomas's library. (Bought by EB Mounsey for 14/-, in 1884.)] 326. *[Gay, John. Fables, Newcastle: Saint, 1789. (F) “Gays Fables Saint 1789” (F). Not yet found. There is an edition of Fables by the late Mr Gay,
((*)Gay, John. Fables, 1812. [See under Aesop 315, above].) 327. Goldsmith, O. Essays. (A) “Goldsmith's Essays” (A). No doubt: Goldsmith, Oliver. Essays by Mr. Goldsmith. Collecta revirescunt. London: J. Parsons, 1794; or one of many other editions. 328. (*)Goldsmith, O. Vicar of Wakefield, woodcuts, 12mo, 1806, morocco. (E,M107) “Vicar of Wakefield by Goldsmith” (E). (The Vicar of Wakefield. A Tale. ... Embellished with Wood Cuts, by T. Bewick”, (Hereford: D. Walker, 1798) has cuts engraved by Thomas Bewick, some designed by him and others by F. Eginton.) (Bought by Jarvis and Son for 17/-, in 1884.) 329. *[The History of Little Jack, by the author of Sandford and Merton [Thomas Day]; 22 Woodcuts by John Bewick; Dublin: printed for William Porter, 1789; price 6d. Bound with The Life and Adventures of a Fly, woodcuts by John Bewick, some coloured, 32mo. London, 1790. (M187,O907,Ys)] “Little Jack” is claimed in M187 as “the only Bewick book printed in Ireland” - pirated according to Tattersfield (2001), who records that “The Life of a Fly” was also pirated, by Solomon Hodgson of Newcastle, and given a spurious London 1790 imprint, so this may be such a copy. (Robert Bewick’s Cherryburn ms records “Little Jack” as one of the the Bewick children’s collection of books (Ys). (Bought at the 1884 Bewick sale by Julia Boyd for 17/-. Sold as part of lot 907 at the Boyd sale in 1892.) Another copy of The Life and Adventures of a Fly is at 460, below.] 330. *The Hive of Ancient and Modern Literature: A Collection of Essays, Narratives, Allegories, and Instructive Compositions ..., Third Edition, Small 8vo, S. Hodgson, 1806. (Bj,F,M166,U) Woodcuts by Thomas Bewick and Luke Clennell. “Hive of Modern Literature 4s.6d.” bought 11.3.1806 (T&WA 1269/6) (U). “Hive of Modern Literre. autograph 1806” (F). (Inscribed “The gift of Thomas Bewick to his daughter Jane Bewick”. Listed as Jane's in 1806. Bought by EB Mounsey for £1-5-0, in 1884.) 331. “Holland's, Exercises, 1805”. (Br,D8,E) “Hollands Exercises 2/mo [sic] 1 Vol” (Br). “Hollands Exercises” (D). “ Probably: Holland, Thomas and John. Exercises for the memory and understanding, with a series of examinations, by Thomas and John Holland, consisting of fables and narratives, selections on natural and civil history, ..., 4th edit. London: Bolton, 1805. 332. Johnsoniana or Collection of Bons Mots. (E) Possibly: Johnsoniana; or, a collection of bons mots etc., by Dr Johnson and others. ... London: J. Ridley and others, 1776; or another edition. 333. (*)Kay, R. The New Preceptor, etc, 12mo, 1801; Newcastle, printed by and for M. Angus and Son, Side, and for W. Charnley, Groat Market, half-calf. (M128) “With a beautiful cut of the Newcastle Arms on the title by Thomas Bewick, and nine other woodcuts.” (M128). No doubt: R. Kay, The New Preceptor, or, young lady's & gentleman's true instructor in the rudiments of the English Tongue. Containing ..., Newcastle: M. Angus & W. Charnley, 1801. (Bought by R Forrester for 6/6, in 1884.) 334. “Latin Dictionary”. (D8) 335. Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, Emilia Galotti, a Tragedy. (D8,E) “Lessings Emilia Galotti a Tragedy” (D). “Emilia Galotti a Tragedy” (E). (Numerous English editions of the German original (1772) appeared from about 1786.) 336. [Locke, J. Character of Aesop's Fables, 148 cuts, some coloured. (M57) Not identified. Possibly an edition of: Locke, J[ohn], editor. Aesop's Fables in English and Latin, interlineary ... with sculptures ... London: A. & J. Churchill, 1703. Third edition Manchester: 1798. (Apparently unsold at the Bewick sale in 1884.)] 337. [*The Looking-Glass for the Mind; or, Intellectual Mirror ... [by A. Berquin] A New Edition, with seventy-four cuts, designed and engraved on wood by Bewick, 12mo, London: printed J. Crowder for E. Newbery, 1792. (Bj,F,M165,P157,R57,Ys) Woodcuts by John Bewick (Tattersfield, 2001, JB39). “Looking Glass for the mind - J. Bewicks 1792” (F) and “Looking Glass for the mind 1792” (F) possibly a duplicate entry, possibly a second copy. “The Looking Glass” (Ys). (Bookplate of John Bewick, autograph “Jane Bewick” on title page. Listed with Jane's books in 1806. Bought by JW Barnes at the 1884 Bewick sale for £2-12-0, and by Pease for £3-15-0 at the Barnes sale, 1894. Rebound for Pease by Waters, no “Bewick Library number”.). In the Cherryburn manuscript (Ys) Robert Bewick wrote of this “that still charming book The Looking Glass, of which I should much like to see a reprint; the cuts were drawn & engraved by John B. & slight though they be, they are unique for their simplicity & elegance of the design & execution”.] 337a. “Macauley’s Literary Amusements”, (C) Probably: Elizabeth Wright Macauley. Macauley’s Literary Amusements; consisting of a variety of original ... pieces ... and a ... selection of the best compositions of our most esteemed writers ... , 12mo, Newcastle: for the author, 1809. “Macauley's Literary Amusements”, (C) Probably: Elizabeth Wright Macauley. Macauley's Literary Amusements; consisting of a variety of original ... pieces ... and a ... selection of the best compositions of our most esteemed writers ... , 12mo, Newcastle: for the author, 1809. 338. Marmontel Belisarius, 1781. (A,C=,D8,F,M11) John Bewick illustrated an edition of Belisarius in 1794 (Tattersfield, 2001, JB6) which may have been the one listed only as “Belisarius” in A, but it is not otherwise recorded as in the Bewick library, and C and F state clearly “Belisarius by Marmontel 1781”; D and M11 state “Belisarius 1781”. 1781 edition not identified. Nearly contemporary is: Marmontel, J.F. Belisarius. London: C. Nourse, 1783; and there are several other editions within a few years. (Bought, together with Pomfret's Poems, by D Croal Thomson for 7/-, in 1884.) (Martinet. See The catechism of nature (319), above.) 339. Mavor Spelling Book, woodcuts, (?Br,M62,?U) Probably: The English Spelling Book, accompanied by a progressive series of Easy and Familiar Lessons, intended as an introduction to the Reading and Spelling of the English Language, Various editions. “Books of [ie bought of] Charnley Barbauld & Mavor 3s.6d.” on 5.11.1803 (T&WA 1269/5) (U). (Inscribed “The Gift of T. Bewick to Elizabeth Bewick, 1803”. Bought, together with Sabourn's Latin Grammar, by RG McKenzie for 12/6, in 1884. In R.E. Bewick's list of books c1806 is “Introduction to Spelling & reading English”, possibly the same. For Barbauld see 262.) 340. (*)“Mavors Spelling” bought on 30.1.1817 (T&WA 1269/7). (U) Clearly a later copy. (Price probably 6d. but it was combined with another item in the cash book. It may have been bought for the apprentices. By this date there was an edition published at Alnwick, by William Davison (nd, Preface 12 February,1806), with “cuts by Bewick” – i.e. from the workshop.) 341. The Mirror; or a Looking Glass for young people ... by Mother Goose, 1778 Saint [Inscribed] “Bewick 1784”. (Bj,F) Two entries in F, possibly different books, the first as above, the other: “The Mirror; or a Looking Glass for the Mind consistg of a choice collection of Fairy Tales. By Mother Goose, price 1/-” (F). “The Mirror” (Bj). Probably: The Mirror; or a looking-glass for young people of both sexes; to make them wise, good, and happy. Consisting of a choice collection of fairy tales. By Mother Goose.
(Listed with Jane Bewick's books, 1806. The inscription “Bewick 1784” predates the birth of Jane, Bewick's eldest child.) 342. (*)Moral Instructions of a Father to his Son, ... and Select Fables on the most important occasions in Life, extracted from Dodsley, and others, adorned with emblematical Cuts, 3rd Edition, 12mo, Newcastle: Thomas Saint, 1775. (D8,E,F,N3,R2) Many emblematical woodcuts by Thomas Bewick. “Instructions of a Father to his Son” (D). “Moral Instructions ... his Son” (E). “Moral Instructions Saint 1775” (F) (The book has several autographs of John Bewick: “John Bewick his Book 1775” and “John Bewick Eltringham 1776” etc, an ink sketch of a sportsman shooting at a bird on a tree, an epitaph in his best copperplate hand “Remember man as thou goes by! As thou art now so once was I! As I am now so must thou be! Remember man that thou must dye”‡ all on the flyleaves, and on the end flyleaf “Thomas Bewick's Book 1776” in John's hand. On the front flyleaf is the “Bewick Library number” “No 188. Robinson's copy (N3) was bought from Miss Bewick and had the autographs of John (1775) and Thomas Bewick (1776), so is evidently identical with R2.) ‡ This epitaph, with others, appears again in John Bewick's commonplace book, now in the collection of the Natural History Society of Northumbria (accession NEWHM: 1996.H22). The final line there was deleted and replaced by ‘Prepare thyself to follow me'. 343. Number unused. 344. More, Sir Thomas. Utopia, 1684. (A,D8) “Sr. T. More's Utopia” (A). “Sir Thos Moores Utopia 1684” (D). Probably: More, Sir Thomas. Utopia ... translated into English [by Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury]. London: Richard Chiswell, 1684. 345. [Morrell] Tales of the Genii, 2 vols. (A) Probably Morell, Sir Charles, (pseudonym of James Ridley) Tales of the Genii, or, the delightful tales of Horan, son of Asmar, 2 vols. London: G. & T. Wilkie, 1786; (or another of many editions 1760-1800, according to Tattersfield, 2001). 346. Murray, J. Travels of the Imagination. (D8,E) “Travels of the Imagination by Murray” (D). “Travels of the Imagination by JM” (E). Probably: [the Revd] J[ames] M[urray]. The travels of the imagination; a true journey from Newcastle to London in a stage-coach. With observations upon the Metropolis, (edition London: E. & C. Dilly, 1773). The 1828 Newcastle (W. Fordyce) edition has a portrait of Murray, then Minister of the High Bridge Meeting House, Newcastle. The book is an intriguing “stream of consciousness” account of observations and reveries on the journey including a description of how the stage coach crossed the Tyne before the temporary bridge was built (after the flood of 1771), the comparative morals of the breeding birds of Gatehead Fell and the British aristocracy, and the physiology of sleep (with reference to the great anatomists of the day, - “Now Doctors Monro, Hunter, Hewson, and all the lecturers upon anatomy, know no more about sleep, than a sleeping man does. And the reason is, they never anatomised the brain of a sleeping man.”). 347. “The Negro, translated from French, 3 Vol. 12/mo 1790”. (A,C=,D8) “3 vols Negro” (A). “The Negro, translated from French, 3 Vol. 12/mo 1790” (C). “The Negro 3 Vols” (D). [Probably Lavallee, Joseph. The Negro as there are Few White Men, transl. by J Trapp, 3 vols. Editions - London: White and Son, 1790 and London: G.G.J. & J. Robinson, 1790.] 348. “New Spelling Dictionary”, (D8) Possibly: Entick, John. Entick's new spelling dictionary: teaching to write and pronounce the English tongue with ease and propriety ... Editions – Dublin: 1767 and London: C. Dilly, 1780-91 etc. 349. (*)Northcote, James, R.A. One Hundred Fables, original and selected, by ... . Embellished with two hundred and eighty engravings on wood, Crown 8vo, London: Geo. Lawford, 1828; cloth. (M93,R162) Fine cuts drawn on the wood by William Harvey. (With two inserted letters from the publisher, one to Mr. Bewick dated Feby 6th 1828, praising William Harvey, the other to Mr Green asking him to send the book to Bewick. Bought by R Robinson for £2-10-0, in 1884.) 350. Pia Desideria “Thomas Bewick”. (F) (Thus in F - presumably implying that it contains TB's autograph inscription.) Probably one of many editions of: Hugo, Hermannus. Pia desideria: or, Divine Addresses, in three books, ... Englished by Edm. Arwaker. London: R. & J. Bonwicke, 1690, 1712 etc., etc., some illustrated with copperplates. 351. Polite Secretary or Letter Writer. (A) Probably: A Complete Letter Writer, or, Polite English Secretary: containing familiar letters on the most important occasions in life: ..., 18th edition, London: S. Crowder, 1788; or another edition. 352. Porny's Practical French Grammar. (A,Br) “Porney's French Grammar” (A). “Practical French Grammar by M Porny - 1786” (Br). No doubt an edition of: Porny, Marc Antoine (pseudonym of Antoine Pyron de Martre). The Practical French Grammar, [7th edition. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1793]. (Listed among R.E. Bewick's books in c1806.) 353. Porny M. Syllabare Francois or French Spelling Book 1786. (A,Br) “French Spellg. Book” (A). “Syllabare Francais or French Spelling Book by M Porny 1786” (Br). Probably: Porny, M.A. Syllabaire François, or, a French spelling-book, containing ... , 1786 [publisher not identified. The London 1788 edition was published by C. Nourse and others]. (Listed with Thomas Bewick's legacy from his brother in 1795 and among R.E. Bewick's books in c1806.) 354. Puckle, James. The Club: a Dialogue between a Father and a Son, Royal 8vo, half bound, 1817. (M72) “Woodcuts, after designs by Thurston” (M72). No doubt: Puckle, James. The Club; or a Grey-cap for a Green-head, in a dialogue between father and son. Edited by Edward Walmsley. London: printed by John Johnson for the proprietor, and sold by Longman, Hurst (and others), 1817. (“Mr. Bewick's subscription copy” (M72), but a subscription list for this date has not yet been identified (some early 18th century editions - 1723 and 1737 - had subscribers' lists). Bought by JJ Hall for 17/-, in 1884. ) 355. School Horace, no cuts. (K12,U) 356. *Scotland's Skaith; or, The History o' Will and Jean, An owre true Tale ..., 10th Edition, 12mo, Newcastle: J. Mitchell, 1800; original paper cover. (G153,H74) With a wood engraving “Bewick fecit” for the frontispiece, and a vignette (Hugo, 1866). ‘Scotland's Skaith Will and Jean, Newc. 1800' (H74). The author was Hector Macneill. (“This copy belonged to Bewick himself, who has written the title on the cover, and a note at the foot of page 4 ...” (G). Sold in 1877 in a mixed lot with 25 others to Molini for £1-6-0. See also another copy (475) in Part 3.) 357. *Select Fables, 2nd Edition, [Second Impression], cuts by Bewick, Newcastle: T. Saint, 1784. (D8,E,F,P158,R12) “Select Fables. Cuts by Bewick” (D) “Select Fables - Cuts” (E) Three copies are listed in F: “Select Fables - Saint R.E B's auto pt[?] 1784” (F), “Select Fables a good copy Saint 1784” (F), and “Select Fables - not so clean/ Saint 1784” (F). (Autographs “R.E. Bewick's Book Forth NEWCASTLE upon Tyne” on the flyleaf and (omitting “upon Tyne”) on page 1, and his note “My Father Gave me this Book March 30th 1801” at the back of the book. “Bewick Library number” “No 96” on the flyleaf. “Bought of Miss Bewick” is inscribed inside the front cover by J.W. Barnes. Bought at the Barnes sale for [?]£6 by Pease (full calf. Rebound for Pease by Waters.) 358. *Select Fables, 2nd Edition, cuts by Bewick, Newcastle: T. Saint, 1784. (?Br,M176) M176 is recorded as having very fine impressions of the cuts by Thomas and John Bewick but as beginning at page 134, printed on one side of the paper only and otherwise imperfect. This must differ therefore from the copies in M12 or N7. Bought by R Robinson for £1-10-0, in 1884. It may be the book listed only as “Select Fables (Imperfect)” among R.E. Bewick's books in c1806.) 359. *Select Fables, A new edition improved, [second impression] 12mo, cuts by Bewick, Newcastle: T. Saint, 1784. (N7) Robinson makes it clear that this is a second 1784 impression, with the same title page but altered vignettes and changes in the text. (Inscribed on the title page “The Gift of T. Bewick to his little daughter Elizabeth, April 2, 1801” and “Presented by I. and E. Bewick to Mr. R. Robinson, May 15, 1877”.) 360. *Select Fables; with cuts, designed and engraved by Thomas and John Bewick, and others, previous to the year 1784: Together with a Memoir; and a Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Messrs. Bewick, Imperial 8vo, Newcastle: E. Charnley, 1820. (C=,D8,E,M167,R15) “=Select Fables. Pubd by Mr Charnley 1820” (C). “Select Fables Pubd by E Charnley 1820” (D). “Bewick Select Fables, 1 Vol Impl. Pubd by E Charnley 1820” (E). “Charnley's beautiful reprint of the edition of 1784, with a few notes by Miss Jane Bewick. Portrait and woodcuts. Boards, uncut.” (M167) The catalogue entry for P15 calls the notes “copious marginal notes and criticisms” which is more accurate than “a few notes”. In many cases pencilled notes are overwritten in ink. Some of Jane Bewick's comments on the portraits of her father are sarcastic. Her opinion probably echoes her father's, whose entries in lists C-E reiterate “published by Mr Charnley” etc, his only use of this phrase, and seem to distance him from the enterprise. (There is no “Bewick Library number”. Bought by R Robinson for £12-12-0, in 1884, and presumably from him by Pease.) 361. Spectator, 8 vols. 8vo, 1776. (C,D8,M16) “=Spectator - 8 Vols 8/vo 1776” (C). “Spectator 8 Vols. 1776” (D). “Addison, Jos. The Spectator, 8 vols., 12mo, calf, 1776” (M16). The 1776 edition was published in Edinburgh. (Bought by H Watson for 6/-, in 1884.) 362. Shak[e]speare, W. Plays, woodcuts, 11 vols. 8vo, 1805; calf. (M77) A 10 volume 8vo edition of “Shakspeare's” Plays, edited by A. Chalmers, was published in London by F.C. & J. Rivington, in 1805. No 11 volume edition of this date has yet been identified. (Inscribed “The gift of Thomas Bewick to his daughter, Jane Bewick”. Bought by Major Cowen for £2-4-0, in 1884. Not listed with Jane's books in 1806.) 363. [Shakespeare, W.] Merry Wives of Windsor, Bell's Edition, 1785. (Br,D8) “Merry Wives of Windsor” (Bj). “Merry Wives of Windsor, Bell's Edition, 1785” (D). No doubt: The Merry wives of Windsor by Will. Shakspere ... London: J. Bell, 1785. 364. Smollett, T. Roderic[k] Random, 2 vols. 12mo, 1778. (C=,D8) “Roderic Random 2 Vols. 12/mo 1778” (C). “Roderic Random 2 Vol.” (D). No doubt: the 10th edition, London: J. Gardner and R. Gray, and others, 1778. (Somerville. See Flora, or, the Deserted Child (323) above.) 365. (*)Spence, T. Dictionary, (D8) Probably: Thomas Spence, The Grand Repository of the English Language: containing, besides the excellencies of all other dictionaries ... pronunciation ... a new alphabet ..., Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by T. Saint for the author, 1775. (Bewick is said to have made the blocks for the additional phonetic letters used in this book. If so, it would have been in his last year of apprenticeship (to October 1774) or during his subsequent period of independent work at Cherryburn.) 366. [Sterne, L.] A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy. By Mr. Yorick, 12mo, London: Vernor & Hood, 1804, half-calf. (E,M104,R170) Fine cuts by Austin. “Sternes Sentiml Journey (Cuts” (E). (New endpapers at some stage. No “Bewick Library number”. A finishing tool used on the spine is identical to one used on The Complete Angler (P169), but on no other book in the Pease Collection. They may have been bound thus while in Bewick's possession. It was sold in the same lot as Visions in Verse (R110) at the Bewick Sale in 1884 and they were bought (as was The Complete Angler) by Robinson, for 18/-, from whom Pease presumably obtained all three books.) 367. *Tales for Youth; in thirty poems: to which are annexed, historical remarks and moral applications in prose ... [by JH Wynne] ornamented with cuts, neatly designed and engraved on wood, by Bewick, 12mo, London: E. Newbery, 1794. (A,F,N21) With 30 wood engravings by John Bewick (Tattersfield, 2001, JB61). “Tales for Youth” (A) 'Tales for Youth “Isa Bewick 179 (Inscribed “Isabella Bewick, 1798” on the fly-leaf. Bought from her by R. Robinson.) 367a. Tales of the Hermitage. (Z) (480. Trimmer, Mrs [Sarah], An easy introduction to the knowledge of nature and reading the Holy Scriptures. Adapted to the capacities of children. London: Longman and Rees [and others], 1799. (Be,Y) Inscribed by Bewick. See part 3, below.) 368. [Trusler] Compendium of Useful Knowledge Trusler. (A) No doubt: Trusler, John. A compendium of useful knowledge: containing a concise explanation of every thing a young man ought to know to enable him to converse on all general topics: addressed to the youth of both sexes, ... London: printed for the author and sold by R. Baldwin, 1784; or a later edition. 369. *Trusler, Dr. Honours of the Table, 12mo, 1788, woodcuts by John Bewick. (C,M192) “Art of Carving...Cuts b Dr Truster [sic] 1788” (C). Probably: Trusler, John, The Honours of the Table, or, rules for behaviour during meals; with the whole art of carving, illustrated by a variety of cuts ... for the use of young people, 12o, (London: for the author at the Literary Press, 1788). The wood engravings are by John Bewick (Tattersfield, 2001; JB34). (Bought by TJ White for 6/-, in 1884.) 370. *Trusler, Revd. Dr. The Progress of Man and Society. Illustrated by upwards of one hundred and twenty cuts. ..., 12mo, London: Trusler, 1791. (A,N19,R55) Woodcuts by John Bewick (Tattersfield, 2001, JB51). “Progress of Man & Society” (A). “Progress of Man & Society Trusler John B[ewick] 1791” (F - listed three times, possibly in error). (Autograph of “Thos Bewick, NEWCASTLE” on the half-title page. This “fine paper copy, with picked impressions” was bought by Robinson from Miss Bewick. It was rebound for Pease by Waters of Newcastle. No “Bewick Library number”.) 371. *Trusler, the Revd J. Proverbs Exemplified, and Illustrated by Pictures from Real Life ... designed as a succession book to Aesop's Fables, 12mo, London: J. Trusler, 1790. (A,F,N13,R51) With 50 wood engravings by John Bewick (Tattersfield, 2001, JB52). “Old Proverbs by Trusler” (A) “Proverbs exemplified (Auto. T Bewick) 1790” (F). (Autograph “Thos Bewick, NEWCASTLE” on title page, also book-plate of John Bewick. Copy bought by Robert Robinson from Miss Bewick, and later rebound for Pease by Waters of Newcastle. No “Bewick Library number”.) 372. *Trusler, the Revd J. Proverbs Exemplified, and Illustrated by Pictures from Real Life ... designed as a succession book to Aesop's Fables, 12mo, London: J. Trusler, 1790. (F) “Proverbs exemplified Jane Bewick 1790” (F - apparently a different copy, presumably with Jane's ownership inscription). 373. *[Trusler, Revd. J. Proverbs Exemplified, and Illustrated by Pictures from Real Life, 12mo, 1790; with 50 wood engravings by John Bewick. (M188) (Bought by EB Mounsey for £1-1-0, in 1884. The lack of mention of inscriptions suggests that this was a third copy.)] 374. Union English Dictionary, 1800, calf, (D8,[L],M114) “Union Dictionary - by Sheridan &c” (D). “Union English Dictionary” (M114). Probably: Thomas Browne, L.L.D. Union Dictionary, containing all that is truly useful in the dictionaries of Johnson, Sheridan, ... and Walker, 501pp., 8vo. London: G. Wilkie, E. Newbery, G. Kearsley, and West & Hughes, 1800. (Inscribed “Thomas Bewick, Engraver, Forth, Newcastle” (M114). Bought at the 1884 Bewick sale by W. Porteus for 16/-. It was donated to the Nat Hist Soc in 1898-9 by Robert Grey, Esq. (Nat. Hist. Trans. Northumberl. Durh. Newcastle upon Tyne, XIV: 50; 1903) but is now missing from the library.) 375. “Young Gent. & Ladies Polite Secretary - 1785”. (C) Probably: The young gentleman and ladies' polite secretary, to an epistolary correspondence in business, friendship, love, and marriage. Carlisle: F. Jollie, 1785. 376. (*)Youth's Instructive and Entertaining Story-Teller: ..., 3rd edition, Newcastle: printed by Thomas Saint for W. Charnley, M. Vesey and J. Whitfield, 1778; 37 woodcuts. (?Bj,C,E,F,M161) “Story Teller.-” (C). “Youth's Story Teller ... by Saint” (E). “Storyteller 3d Ed: T Bewick's Cuts Saint 1778” (F). M161 describes this (wrongly) as “the first book known to be illustrated by Thomas Bewick”, and also as “very rare”. (Bought by EB Mounsey for £3-5-0, in 1884. “Story-teller”, probably the same copy, was listed with Jane's books in 1806 (Bj). The first edition was published by Saint in 1774 (12o). |