Bewick, Thomas - 7 Battledores - Alnwick
£460
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 October 2017 at 11:00 BST
Description
The British Battledore, 2 copies, one pink, one yellow; The Child's Battledore; Union Battledore; Youth's Battledore; English Battledore; New Battledore, all 130 x 82mm. (size when folded closed), all coloured card, all Alnwick: W. Davison, [c.1820-30], Price One Penny (7)
Footnote
Note: "Davison’s British Battledore, which has three alphabets, a syllabary and two reading lessons, included cuts by Thomas
Bewick. Davison kept a large stock of Bewick blocks which
he frequently reused". [Cherryburn Times, The Newletter of The Bewick Society, volume 4, number 8]. Probably not all the woodcuts on the battledores are by Bewick.