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The Figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick.

Over 400 Illustration and woodcuts. 

Full brown leather with decorative gilt fillets.
Gilt title, gilt bands and gilt panel vignettes to spine.
Marbled endpapers and page-blocks.
Bookplate on inside.
Sporadic foxing.

Volume I. 
A History of British Birds
containing the History and Description of Land Birds.
xxxviii, 329 pages.
Engraved title vignette.
Full-page and in-text engravings with tissue-guards.

Volume II. 
A History of British Birds
containing the History and Description of Water Birds.
xxii, 361 pages, [1].
Engraved title vignette.
Full-page and in-text engravings with tissue-guards.

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Thomas Bewick - A History of British Birds - 1816

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