Lot 499:
Sold for £160 hammer
Estimate £120-£180
Bewick, Thomas - 'A General History of Quadrupeds', published by Hodgson, Beilby & Bewick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1790, first edition, later quarter calf and original marbled boards, 8to, also 'A General History of Quadrupeds', third edition, 1792, original calf boards with replaced spine. (2)
Condition report
First edition bears Charles George Milnes Gaskell bookplate and BWW. bookplate. Foxing to front and end papers. Third edition, replaced spine. Bears High Legh Library and BWW plates. Light foxing to first few pages
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