1822 ❧ Bewick in a Riviere binding. BEWICK, THOMAS. 1753-1828. The Works of Thomas Bewick...

1822 ❧ Bewick in a Riviere binding. BEWICK, THOMAS. 1753-1828. The Works of Thomas Bewick. Newcastle: S. Hodgson for Emerson Charnley, [1805]-1822. 5 volumes, imperial 8vo (250 x 157 mm). General titles and titles to individual works with wood-engraved vignettes, wood-engraved portraits of Bewick, profusely illustrated with wood-engraved illustrations by Bewick, extra-illustrated with 2 wood engravings by Bewick (1 doubled paged), 'thumb print receipt,' 2 copper engraved portraits. Green morocco by Riviere & Son (stamp-signed along doublures of inside front covers), spines decoratively gilt with floral motifs, covers with gilt triple fillet border, edges gilt. Some spotting to endpapers. Spines lightly sunned, minor rubbing to edges, upper corners of vol. 3 a bit bumped. Provenance: Justin Schiller (sold Bloomsbury New York, 24 October, 2007 lot 146). Volume 1: Select Fables. New Castle: S. Hodgson for Emerson Charnley, 1820. Wood-engraved frontispiece of Bewick by Charlton Nesbit on thin paper, 2 title pages with wood-engraved vignettes, 4 wood-engraved portraits of Bewick, 341 wood-engraved headpieces and vignettes. FIRST EDITION. Volume 2: A General History of Quadrupeds. Newcastle: Edward Walker for T. Bewick and S. Hodgson, 1807. Wood-engraved frontispiece of a lion, extra-illustrated with frontispiece, copper-engraved portrait of Bewick by Thomas Ransan after William Nicholson, 2 title pages with wood-engraved vignettes, extra-illustrated with double-page wood-engraving of 'The Wild Bull and full-page wood-engraved large lion,' 337 wood-engraved headpieces and vignettes. Fifth edition. Roscoe 5a. Volume 3: A History of British Birds. [Land Birds]. Newcastle: Edward Walker for T. Bewick, 1805. BOUND WITH: A Supplement to the History of British Birds. [Land Birds]. Newcastle: Edward Walker for T, Bewick, 1821. 2 volumes in 1. Wood-engraved frontispiece of peacocks, extra-illustrated with copper-engraved frontispiece portrait of Bewick by J. Burnet after James Ramsay, 3 title pages with wood-engraved vignettes (1 general title and section titles each for A History... and the supplement), 275 wood-engravings of birds, vignettes, and anatomical illustrations. Third edition of A History of British Birds, with first of the supplement. Roscoe 18a; 25a. Volume 4: A History of British Birds. [Water Birds]. Newcastle: Edward Walker for T. Bewick, 1805. BOUND WITH: A Supplement to the History of British Birds. [Water Birds]. Newcastle: Edward Walker for T. Bewick, 1821. 2 volumes in 1. Wood-engraved frontispiece of the bittern, 3 title pages with wood-engraved vignettes (1 general title and section titles each for A History... and the supplement), 271 wood-engravings of birds, vignettes and anatomical illustrations. Second edition of A History of British Birds, with first of the supplement. Volume 5: The Fables of Aesop, and Others. Newcastle: E. Walker for T. Bewick, 1818. 'Thumb print receipt' from 1824 royal 8vo edition of The Fables on stub bound in front, wood-engraved frontispiece vignette, 2 title pages with wood-engraved vignettes, 324 wood-engraved headpieces and vignettes. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 500 COPIES ON IMPERIAL PAPER. Roscoe 45a. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, LARGE PAPER COPY, BOUND BY RIVIERE & SON. Rare issue of Bewick's wonderful illustrations in miniature in a lovely binding by Riviere & Son. The collected works consists of 5 volumes printed separately and issued together with additional title pages printed by Emerson Charnley. 'At the present day copies of volumes with the extra title-pages are extremely hard to come by,' according to Roscoe in 1953. Roscoe pp. 177-180 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing