History of British Birds: Volume 1, Containing the History and Description of Land Birds

by Ralph Beilby and Thomas Bewick

Book Overview

Thomas 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108065406
• ISBN13: 9781108065405
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"