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SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND WORKS OF THE LATE THOMAS BEWICK ... READ JUNE, 15, 1830. [Drop-title:]
Atkinson, George C.

   

- [Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland] (1831)
- 4to.
- self paper wrappers, removed.
- pp. 132-159
- Order Nr. 79946
- Price: $ 350.00



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Engraved plate showing bust of Bewick by Bailey. Very scarce. The earliest posthumous account of Bewick. Laid-down on the final leaf is a small broadside, with text noting the death of Bewick, his place of burial, and his descendants, set between two Bewick funereal vignettes. Removed from larger volume.

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