A general history of quadrupeds
By: the figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick
Contributors: Beilby, Ralph, 1743 or 1744-1817, publisher; Hodgson, Solomon, 1760-1800, publisher; Dilly, Charles, 1739-1807, bookseller; Gowan, Clotworthy, former owner; Gowan, G., active 1794, former owner; G. G. J. and J. Robinson (Paternoster-Row, London, England)
Edition: The third edition.
Publisher: Printed by and for S. Hodgson; R. Beilby, &; T. Bewick, Newcastle; sold by them, by; G.G.J. & J. Robinson, &; C. Dilly
Published: 1792
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 483
Subjects: Natural history; Mammals; Early works to 1800; Pictorial works
Other titles: History of quadrupeds; Bewick's Quadrupeds
Notes: 8vo: aA-2G2H². (a6 blank).

Text by R. Beilby (DNB)--Below imprint: (Price nine shillings in boards.) -- 289 descriptions, 212 illustrations, 107 vignettes, tailpieces, etc. (ornamental cuts, many humorous; some different from 2nd edition) -- "Advertisement", pages [iii-iv]; "Index", pages [v]-x; pages [xi-xii] blank. -- Running title: History of quadrupeds.

Wood-engraved vignette on title page.

Includes index.

Page 394 misnumbered as 384.

Roscoe, S., Thomas Bewick (1973 edition), 3b

ESTC T060630

SCNHRB copy 39088017559956 has bookplates: 1. (armorial) Clotworthy Gowan, with motto: "Dius providibit" [for "Deus providebit"]; 2. Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Gift of Dr. James G. Mead. With the autograph (cropped) of a former owner on the title page: G. Gowan, No[...], 1794.

SCNHRB copy has a contemporary tree-stained full leather binding with gilt-tooled spine and red spine label.