History of British Birds: Volume 1, Containing the History and - Description of Land 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. Birds of prey; 2. The falcon tribe; 3. Of the owl; 4. Of the shrike; 5. Birds of the pie kind; 6. The woodpeckers; 7. Of the passerine order; 8. Of the grosbeak; 9. Of the bunting; 10. Of the finch; 11. Of the lark; 12. Of the wagtail; 13. Of the flycatchers; 14. Of the warblers; 15. Of the titmouse; 16. Of the swallow; 17. Of the dove kind; 18. Of the gallinaceous kind; 19. Of the plover.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Bewick
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.09.2013
• EAN: 9781108065405
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06540-5
• No. of pages: 374
• 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