Omnium-gatherum book, 1815-[ca. 1875] (bulk 1815-1831).

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Omnium-gatherum book, 1815-[ca. 1875] (bulk 1815-1831).

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Manuscript commonplace book containing general observations on life and literature, poetry, songs, essays, travel notes including descriptions of English towns and surrounding countryside, notes on meeting Thomas Bewick, also references to Robert Burns, Shakespeare, etc., chiefly dating from 1815 to 1831.

1 v. ; 21 cm.

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English wood-engraver. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Newcastle, to Fenwick Bewick, 1786 Jan. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870325 Thomas Bewick was a noted English wood engraver, artist, and naturalist. From the description of Chillingham Bull / Thomas Bewick. 1789. (Southwestern University). WorldCat record id: 233574761 Born near Newcastle upon Tyne, England, in 1753, Thomas Bewick was a wood engraver and ornithologist whose ...