[Williams Samuel] SIX WOOD-BLOCKS TO ILLUSTRATE MCQUINN'S DESCRIPTION OF THREE-HUNDRED ANIMALS. 1812. N.p. McQuinn 1812 8vo. (9 1/4 x 7 1/4) quarter morocco clamshell case with five raised bands and gilt titling. The velvet lined case contains six engraved rectangular boxwood blocks of varying sizes from 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches to 2 3/4 x 1 7/8 inches, along with two proof pulls and a copy of the original description from Chas. J. Sawyer (Lon.), dated October 10, 1968 for a customer in the United States.The blocks' subjects are: The Ass (1135), The Heron (1208), The Eagle (1182), The Meadow Lark (1205), The Turtle (1240) and the Cuckoo (1185). The numbers correspond to those in Thomas Hugo's Bewick Woodcuts, Impressions of 2,000 Woodcuts by T. and J. Bewick. (1870), and were long thought to be the work of Bewick. A copy of a note from Ian Bain, Bewick expert and editor of several books about Bewick, makes clear that the blocks are in fact by Samuel Williams, which he cut in reverse after Bewick, for McQuinn’s 1812 publication, A Description of More than Three Hundred Animals.The blocks came into the possession of Henry Bohn, who published an augmented edition of McQuinn's book in 1840 in which he used Bewick's name to boost his sales. The blocks were later acquired by Hugo and published by him in 1870 where he, too, credits them to Bewick. BOXWOOD BLOCKS ENGRAVED AFTER BEWICK Price: USD 2,250.00 other currencies    inquire

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