History of British Birds
History of British Birds
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USDThomas Bewick (1753–1828) is synonymous with finely crafted wood engravings of the natural world, and his instantly recognisable style influenced book illustration well into the nineteenth century. During his childhood in the Tyne valley, his two obsessions were art and nature. At fourteen, he was apprenticed to the engraver and businessman Ralph Beilby (1743–1817) with whom he later published A General History of Quadrupeds (also reissued in this series). The present work, with its text compiled from various sources, was the first practical field guide for the amateur ornithologist, inspiring also artists and writers. Each of the two volumes contains hundreds of illustrations of breathtaking beauty and precision: one for each species, neatly capturing its character in exquisite detail, interspersed with charming vignettes of country life. Volume 2, first published in 1804, covers water birds, including sandpipers, terns, grebes and guillemots.
Product details
September 2013Paperback
9781108065078
426 pages
216 × 140 × 24 mm
0.54kg
232 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- 1. Of the oyster-catcher
- 2. Of the spoonbill
- 3. Of the crane
- 4. Of the heron
- 5. Of the curlew
- 6. Of the snipe
- 7. Of the godwit
- 8. Of the sandpiper
- 9. Of the coot
- 10. Of the phalarope
- 11. Of the grebe
- 12. Of the avoset
- 13. Of the auk or penguin
- 14. Of the guillemot
- 15. Of the divers
- 16. Of the tern or sea swallow
- 17. Of the gull
- 18. Of the petrel
- 19. Of the mergus
- 20. Of the anas
- 21. Of the pelican.
