A History of British Birds. Volume I: History And Description Of Land Birds & Vol. II: History And Description of Water Birds
by Bewick, Thomas
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- first
- Condition
- Rebacked, full brown diced morocco covers. Very good. 2 vols
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Newcastle: Sol, Hodgson, For Beilby & Bewick, 1804. First editions. leather_bound. Rebacked, full brown diced morocco covers. Very good. 2 vols. Bewick, Thomas. 335, 400 pages. 24 x 14.5 cm. Voluminously illustrated with wood-engravings. The first volume of this work was published in 1797 for which Beilby furnished the written descriptions with Bewick providing the text of the second volume. Gordon N. Ray [ILLUSTRATOR AND THE BOOK IN ENGLAND, ETC.] "Bewick's use of end-grained blocks was widely imitated both in England and the Continent. Among his apprentices were some of the most distinguished engravers of the first half of the 19th century. When later artists like Gordon Craig and William Nicholson revived the tradition of creative work on wood, they turned to Bewick's example in freeing themselves from the trammels of reproductive engraving." BRUNET, Vol.I, p.839. Interior contents fresh and clean. Raised bands, spine panels in arabesque motifs and lettered in gilt.
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- 24015
- Title
- A History of British Birds. Volume I: History And Description Of Land Birds & Vol. II: History And Description of Water Birds
- Author
- Bewick, Thomas
- Illustrator
- Bewick, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Rebacked, full brown diced morocco covers. Very good. 2 vols
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First editions
- Publisher
- Sol, Hodgson, For Beilby & Bewick
- Place of Publication
- Newcastle
- Date Published
- 1804
- Keywords
- Natural History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History; Birds;
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- Gilt
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