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William 

 

 

 

 

Chorographia; or, A survey of Newcastle upon Tyne.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Newcastle 

printed for Emerson Charnley 

1818 

 

 

[10], 48 p. 

 

 

19cm. 

 

Pease Collection 

148A 

"To the candid reader" signed: W.G. [i.e. William Gray]. - Reprint of the 1649 edition. - With facsimile of original titlepage. - With Bewick vignette on titlepage. - One of a typographically uniform series of volumes, with woodcut vignettes by Bewick and his pupils, published in Newcastle, the earliest in 1817; after the foundation of the Typographical society of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1818 the publications were issued under the auspices of the society. - 8vo. 

 

 

Pease copy bound with five other items: An account of the great floods -- The siege of Newcastle -- The taking of Newcastle -- His Maiesties passing through the Scots Armie -- The Scots Martch. - Bookplate, lettered John William Pease [(1836-1901)]; engraved by Thomas Bewick as a ball ticket, adapted for use by William Garret (1784-1857), re-adapted as a bookplate for Robert Pinkney, and finally for Pease (Tattersfield p.18). 

 

 

 

 

 

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A survey of Newcastle upon Tyne



 

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