Accession number
PML 142214
Creator
Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828.
Published
Newcastle upon Tyne : Printed by S. Hodgson, for R. Beilby and T. Bewick; sold be them, and by J. Mawman, Poultry, London, 1800.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Bewick's wood engravings for v. 1 of History of British birds without descriptive text; each bird figure with legends in English, in Latin from Linnaeus and in French from Buffon.
Illustrated t.p.
First and only ed. - variant A (first state of vignette on last, unnumbered leaf "without bars").
Second vol. unpublished.
131 figures of birds (117 British, 14 foreign) and 119 vignettes and tail-pieces.
Illustrated t.p.
First and only ed. - variant A (first state of vignette on last, unnumbered leaf "without bars").
Second vol. unpublished.
131 figures of birds (117 British, 14 foreign) and 119 vignettes and tail-pieces.
Description
[2], 133, [1] leaves : (chiefly ill.) ; 25 cm.
Provenance
Bookplate of Charles and Virginia Baldwin; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Original boards?
Classification
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Department