'Bewick's History of British Birds' was originally published in two volumes, Land Birds and Water Birds, which here are combined into an attactive volume covering over 180 of Britain's bird species. This handsome, highly illustrated package makes the perfect gift for bird and nature lovers. Includes[...]
A two-volume catalogue (1866-8) of influential wood engravings attributed to Thomas Bewick and his younger brother John.[...]
A two-volume catalogue (1866-8) of influential wood engravings attributed to Thomas Bewick and his younger brother John.[...]
Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) was the foremost wood engraver not only of his generation, but of all subsequent generations, and the quality of his work has remained unsurpassed. His extraordinary woodcuts of animals and birds made him famous, and he dramatically influenced the development of the illustr[...]
A two-volume catalogue (1866-8) of influential wood engravings attributed to Thomas Bewick and his younger brother John.[...]
A history of domestic and wild animals, first published in 1790, complied and illustrated by two of Britain's leading engravers.[...]
Synonymous with finely crafted wood engravings of the natural world, Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) perfected an instantly recognisable style which was to influence book illustration well into the nineteenth century. Begun in November 1822, at the behest of his daughter Jane, and completed in 1828, Bewic[...]
'A murder of crows', 'a charm of goldfinches', 'an ostentation of peacocks': collective nouns for British birds have existed since at least the mid fifteenth century. They are thought to originate in texts about hunting, but have since evolved into evocative, witty and literary expressions, each str[...]