CATALOGUE OF THE CHOICE AND VALUABLE COLLECTION OF BOOKS, WOOD ENGRAVINGS, AND ENGRAVED WOODCUT BLOCKS, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Proof Impressions, BY OR RELATING TO THOMAS AND JOHN BEWICK, AND THEIR PUPILS, GLEANED FROM EVERY AVAILABLE SOURCE BY THE LATE REV. THOMAS HUGO, M.A., F.S.A., AUTHOR OF "THE BEWICK COLLECTOR," 1866; "SUPPLEMENT TO SAME," 1868; AND "BEWICK WOODCUTS," (folio) 1870. WHICH WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MESSRS. SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE, _Auctioneers of Literary Property & Works illustrative of the Fine Arts_, At their House, No. 13, Wellington Street, Strand, W. On WEDNESDAY, 8th of AUGUST, 1877, and following Day, AT ONE O'CLOCK PRECISELY. May be Viewed Two Days prior, and Catalogues had. Dryden Press: J. Davy and Sons. 137, Long Acre. [Illustration] GOLDSMITH AND PARNELL POEMS: Published by William Bulmer, _Shakespeare Printing Office_, London, 1795. Embellished with thirteen designs on wood. Most of the cuts were drawn by Robert Johnson and John Bewick, and all were engraved by Thomas Bewick, except the vignettes on the title-pages, and the large cut of "The Sad Historian," and the tail-piece at the end of the volume, which was done by John Bewick. The most magnificent result of the efforts of the wood-engraver, type-founder, paper-maker, and printer, "that ever was produced in any age, or in any country." Bulmer realized, after paying all expenses, a profit of £1,500 on the work these exquisite blocks adorned. [Illustration: [_John Bewick, del. et Sculp._] THE SAD HISTORIAN. _Published January 1, 1795, by William Bulmer, at the Shakespeare Printing Office, Cleveland Row._] [Illustration: _John Johnson, del._] [_T. Bewick, Sculp._ THE HERMIT AT HIS MORNING DEVOTIONS. _Published January 1, 1795, by William Bulmer, at the Shakespeare Printing Office, Cleveland Row._] [Illustration: _R Johnson, del._] [_T. Bewick, Sculp._ THE HERMIT, ANGEL, AND GUIDE. _Published January 1, 1795, by William Bulmer, at the Shakespeare Printing Office, Cleveland Row._] [Illustration: _John Bewick, del._] [_T. Bewick, sculp._ THE CHASE. _A POEM_ BY WILLIAM SOMERVILE, ESQ. LONDON: Printed by W. Bulmer & Co., Shakespeare Printing Office, Cleveland Row. 1796.] [Illustration: _John Bewick, del._] [_T. Bewick, sculp._ SOMERVILE'S CHASE.] This work contains the best specimens of John Bewick's abilities as a designer; all the cuts were drawn by him except one, but none of them were engraved by him. Shortly after he had finished the drawings on the blocks, he left London and returned to the North in consequence of ill-health. They were engraved by Thomas Bewick, with the exception of the tail-piece at the end of the volume, which was engraved by Charles Nesbit, one of his pupils. [Illustration: _John Bewick, del._] [_T. Bewick, sculp._ SOMERVILE'S CHASE.]