A History of British Birds. Volume I: Containing the History and Description of Land Birds. and Volume II: Containing the History and Description of Water Birds. Both unbound in solander boxes

Bewick, Thomas

Published by Bewick/Longman & Co, Newcastle, England, 1847

About this Item

8vo (9"x5.5"). 406pp. & 374pp. +appendices. Both volumes unbound in black cloth-covered solander boxes & slipcovers with giltstamped titles to spines. Pages are single leaves (not signatures), stabbed as if for sewing along the left edge. Volume I is missing its title page: first leaf is an advertisement, followed by the preface & introduction. B&W engraved cuts throughout both volumes.

Seller Inventory # 3744

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A History of British Birds. Volume I: Containing the History and Description of Land Birds. and Volume II: Containing the History and Description of Water Birds. Both unbound in solander boxes
• Publisher: Bewick/Longman & Co, Newcastle, England
• Publication Date: 1847
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Later edition.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Natural Science