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Figures of British land birds, / engraved on wood by T. Bewick. To which are added, a few foreign birds, with their vulgar and scientific names ...

Accession number
PML 9914
Creator
Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828.
Published
Newcastle upon Tyne : Printed by S. Hodgson, for R. Beilby [etc.], 1800.
Notes
Without descriptive text; each bird figure with legends in English, in Latin from Linnaeus and in French from Buffon.
All plates numbered except last.
Illustrated t.-p.
First and only ed. - variant A (first state of vignette on last leaf "without bars").
Second vol. unpublished.
131 figures of birds (117 British, 14 foreign) and 119 vignettes and tail-pieces.
Description
2 p.., 134 pl. ; 24 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Autograph signature "William Baker" on title.
Provenance
William Baker.
Binding
3/4 maroon leather.
Classification
Department