Mr. Atkinson's Sketch of the late T. Bewick. 139 



remedied, by an iron hoop screwed round the block, the subsequent 

 impressions will be found, I think, to have the junctions of the blocks 

 quite apparent. 



The first edition of Quadrupeds was published in 1790, the second in 

 1791, the third in 1792, the fourth in 1800, the fifth in 1807, the sixth 

 in 1811, and the seventh in 1820. 



The first, published in 1790, was favourably reviewed in the Critical, 

 English, Monthly, and Analytical Reviews, of the day. It consists of 

 4!5Q pages, and contains 200 wood cuts, and 104 tail pieces : of the lat- 

 ter, many contained in this edition are often reprinted, and some 

 including a considerable number of small ones, are omitted in the fol- 

 lowing editions. Fifteen hundred copies were printed in demi octavo 

 at 85., and one hundred on royal at 125. : it was printed, as well as 

 the second, third, and fourth editions by Solomon Hodgson ; the re- 

 maining ones by Edward Walker. 



The second edition, in 1791, consists of 483 pages, containing 212 

 wood cuts, and 108 tail pieces : many of these, as in the former edition, 

 are re-printed, and some omitted, in subsequent editions. This volume 

 contains 13 new figures, including all the Bats, and there are I7 addi- 

 tional tail pieces in it. Fifteen hundred copies were taken on demi, at 

 9s., and three hundred on royal octavo, at 125. 



The third edition, in 1792, consists of the same number of pages and 

 embellishments as the last : a like number of copies of both kinds was 

 taken, and at the same price. 



1'he fourth, published in 1800, consists of 525 pages, containing 225 

 wood cuts, and 110 tail pieces: it is the first in which the Linn^an 

 names were introduced. One thousand copies were printed on demi 

 octavo, at IO5. 6d., three hundred on royal, at 155., and two hundred 

 and thirty on imperial, at £1. I5. 



The fifth edition, in I8O7, and the first printed by Walker, consists 

 of 525 pages, and contains 226 wood cuts, and 111 tail pieces. I can- 

 not ascertain hovr many copies of different sizes were taken, but they 

 sold for 135. demi, and £1. II5. 6d. imperial octavo. 



The sixth, published in 1811, has the same number of pages and em- 

 bellishments. The demi copies sold for £1. l5. 



