Live auction - Lot 328

[Zoology - Ornithology]

BEWICK, Thomas

A history of British birds.

Newcastle, Edw. Walker for T. Bewick, 1826


Hammer price: € 120

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2 vol., 4to: xliv-394, xxii-432 pp. (prelims. iii-vi missing; some spotting, 187-190 of first vol. repaired with tape).

Contemp. gilt-decor. black shagreen, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, gilt sides and inner dentelles (min. rubbing on joints, heads and tails). Wide-margined, partly uncut copy in a fine binding.

With numerous wood-engraved illustrations in-text. On land birds (8th ed.) and water birds (6th ed.).
Ref. Cp. Nissen (IVB) 95.

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Lot 328

A history of British birds.

BEWICK, Thomas

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