A History of British Birds. Engraved on Wood

by Thomas Bewick. Part I. Containing the History and Description of Land Birds ... Part.Ii. Containing the History and Description of Water Birds by Thomas Bewick

$900 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Third edition, first combined edition. Illustrated throughout. xlii, 43 -327, 1 ; xviii, 19 -360 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in contemporary green pebbled morocco, marbled endsheets, a.e.g, Minor rubbing and scuffs to front board, soiling to a few leaves, engravings nice fine dark. Very good plus. Roscoe 20. Provenance: W. R. Whittingham; Maryland Diocesan Library; General Theological Seminary bookplate . Item #371130

• Binding: Leather

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