The hive of ancient & modern literature
Subtitle: a collection of essays, narratives, allegories, and instructive compositions
By: selected by the late Sol. Hodgson.
Contributors: Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828.; Clennell, Luke, 1781-1840.; Hodgson, Solomon, d. 1800 (printer)
Edition: The fourth edition / embellished with a number of engravings on wood, by T. Bewick and L. Clennell, both of Newcastle.
Publisher: S. Hodgson
Published: 1812
Place of publication: Newcastle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
Subjects: Conduct of life.
Other titles: Hive of ancient and modern literature; Hive; Hive :
Notes: Most wood-engraved illustrations are unsigned.  A few are signed "L.C.".

Includes works by Pope, Burns, Thomson, Gray, Cowper, Dr. Johnson, Barbauld and Franklin.

MASS copy: Bound in dark brown morocco-grain cloth blocked in gold and blind.  Upper cover blocked in gold with illustration similar to those within the text.  With bright yellow glazed endpapers.