memoir written de bewick thomas edited introduction iain (4 résultats)

Cloth. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Thus. Hardback. A Memoir of Thomas Bewick. Slight shelf wear to edge of D/J. Sunned spine to D/J. Price clipped to D/J. Thomas Bewick (1753-1828), whose achievement as an artist-engraver is unrivalled to this day, worked virtually all his life in Newcastle, principally as a metal engraver and copper-plate printer.Bewick's delightful Memoir, written at the end of his life provides a remarkable picture of a north-country childhood in Georgian England. As a record of the life of an eighteenth-century artist-crafstman it is unique. Long regarded as a minor classic, the book has been through many editions since its first appearance in 1862 - 34 years after Bewick's death. Iaian Bain's introduction, which makes use of hitherto unpublished letters, is accompanied by a helpful exposition of Bewick's methods of engraving and of the printing techniques of the time. Moreover, the volume is illustrated with fifty of the figures and tail-pieces from Bewick's Quadrupeds and Birds. Illustrated. 258 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

First edition thus hard back binding in publisher's original camel cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back over green ground, biscuit end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains (xliv), 258 pp with 15 plate illustrations on 5 leaves (ex-pagination), numerous un-numbered text illustrations throughout. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with slight rubbing to the corners, price clipped. Member of the P.B.F.A. WOODCUTS & ENGRAVINGS.

First edition thus hard back binding in publisher's original camel cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back over green ground, biscuit end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains (xliv), 258 pp with 15 plate illustrations on 5 leaves (ex-pagination), numerous un-numbered text illustrations throughout. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with slight sun fading of the paper down the spine, rubs to the corners, not price clipped. Member of the P.B.F.A. WOODCUTS & ENGRAVINGS.

First Edition thus. Illustrations Fine copy in dust-wrapper; bookseller's label on front pastedown.