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A History of British Birds.         (Land Birds & Water Birds with Both Supplements)

A History of British Birds. (Land Birds & Water Birds with Both Supplements)

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A History of British Birds. (Land Birds & Water Birds with Both Supplements)

by BEWICK T. [Thomas] 1753-1828. BEILBY Ralph 1743/4-1817

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Newcastle: Pilgrim Street: T. Bewick by Edward Walker, 1821. Hardcover. Very Good. BEWICK Thomas. The first edition, in which the supplement appeared. VG+, 1821. Two volumes in long grain morocco boards, gilt edge tooling, corners & edges rubbed. Both volumes professionally re-spined, raised bands, gilt tooling, gilt titles to dark green labels. Internally, Vol 1, Land Birds, 1821, [3], (iv-xl), [1], 44-330. + Supplement, 1821, [2], [1], 2-46, [1] contents, [1] adverts. Vol 2, Water Birds, 1821, [3], (iv-xxii), [1], 20-360 pp. + Supplement, 1821, [2], [1], 2-43, [1] contents. Occasional light spotting, brown marbled endpapers & text block edges, paper label to fpds (G Strahaw?), ink initials to verso fep (ELibris J. HS KSR? Alumni 1825), vol 1 hinge strengthened. (215*130 mm). (Tattersfield TB 1.22). Text of v1 by R. Beilby, amended by T. Bewick; text of v2 sometimes attributed to H. Cotes??

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Title
A History of British Birds. (Land Birds & Water Birds with Both Supplements)
Author
BEWICK T. [Thomas] 1753-1828. BEILBY Ralph 1743/4-1817
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BEWICK Thomas
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Hardcover
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Used - Very Good
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Publisher
T. Bewick by Edward Walker
Place of Publication
Newcastle: Pilgrim Street
Date Published
1821
Weight
3.31 lbs
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Birds avian Bewick
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