History of British Birds: Volume 2, Containing the History and - Description of Water Bird

Klappentext This influential and widely acclaimed work, published in two volumes between 1797 and 1804, includes hundreds of beautiful wood engravings. Zusammenfassung 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. This celebrated work, first published in two volumes between 1797 and 1804, was the first practical field guide for the amateur ornithologist. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Of the oyster-catcher; 2. Of the spoonbill; 3. Of the crane; 4. Of the heron; 5. Of the curlew; 6. Of the snipe; 7. Of the godwit; 8. Of the sandpiper; 9. Of the coot; 10. Of the phalarope; 11. Of the grebe; 12. Of the avoset; 13. Of the auk or penguin; 14. Of the guillemot; 15. Of the divers; 16. Of the tern or sea swallow; 17. Of the gull; 18. Of the petrel; 19. Of the mergus; 20. Of the anas; 21. Of the pelican.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Bewick
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.09.2013
• EAN: 9781108065078
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06507-8
• No. of pages: 426
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Zoology; Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Zoology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); popular science, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ornithology, Zoology: birds (ornithology), Birds (ornithology), United Kingdom, Great Britain