A brief description of his method of engraving on wood, taken from his Memoir, c. 1827
[Toronto]: [The Aliquando Press], [1978]. Squarish duodecimo, 14.9 x 13.6 cm. Sewn (not to show) into rust torinoko paper wraps. The upper cover is decorated with a wood engraving by Bewick, reproduced from a line plate. Unpaginated [pp. 12; on double-leaves]. The text was set in Bembo and Castellar and printed on an unidentified Japanese paper. A wood engraving of an owl by Bewick, printed in burnt umber from a line plate, was used for the frontispiece. “One hundred copies were produced in July 1978 to mark the sesquicentennial of the death of Thomas Bewick.” Of these, 40 copies were reserved for distribution at the 1978 meeting of the Typocrafters. (The Aliquando Century, BK 38). Item #299
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