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Crawhall, Joseph
Inscribed by the Author. Chorographia, or A Survey of Newcastle upon Tyne: 1649.
Publisher: Andrew Reid, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Date of Publication: 1884
Stock Code: 5986
INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY. FIRST EDITION. Limited to no more than 300 copies this is one of Crawhall’s principal works. Octavo, pp. 124. Crawhall’s inimitable hand-coloured woodcuts throughout, many full-page. Standard paper copy in half vellum over bevelled grey paper-covered boards; gilt line decoration to vellum edges. Black titles & decoration to spine and lower board; coloured city crest woodcut with date to upper board. Heavy handmade paper with top edge stained red, fore and bottom edge uncut. Boards lightly stained with wear to lower edge; a little very minor foxing. Warmly inscribed to family member ‘Walter J. Chapman, with Jo’s Crawhall’s Kind Regards & Best Wishes, Oct 21st 1885’. Crawhall was the cousin of noted Northumbrian naturalist Abel Chapman. Felver notes “Chorographia is a fine looking book, printed on excellent paper, and the illustrations are hand-coloured and very attractive and fanciful”. £350.00