(Bewick). — POEMS BY GOLDSMITH AND PARNELL.
Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Printing Office 1795. 1st Ed. 4to. xx + 78pp. 8 vignettes, 5 plates. From the Library of Jerrold Northrop Moore, light browning, contemporary intricately tooled calf with triple gilt rule to edges of boards, some marking and minor wear, rebacked with much of original gilt tooled spine laid down and with gilt lettered label. Ex-libris Fergus Monteith Ogilvie (1862-1918). Ophthalmic surgeon who was widely known outside his professional work as an ornithologist, a cultivator of orchids, and a fencer. He was President and a generous supporter of the Oxford University Fencing Club. Bewick Collector pp.32 ‘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, the large cut of ‘The Sad Historian’, and the tail piece at the end of the volume, which were done by John Bewick. A magnificent result of the efforts of the wood-engraver, typefounder, papermaker and printer.’
