{"product_id":"history-of-british-birds-volume-2-containing-the-history-and-description-of-water-birds-paperback-9781108065078","title":"History of British Birds: Volume 2, Containing the History and Description of Water Birds (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108065078","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHistory of British Birds: Volume 2, Containing the History and Description of Water Birds\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis influential and widely acclaimed work, published in two volumes between 1797 and 1804, includes hundreds of beautiful wood engravings.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas Bewick (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108065078, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 September 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e426 pages, 232 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThomas 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 series). The present work, with its text compiled from various sources, was the first practical field guide for the amateur ornithologist, inspiring also artists and writers. Each of the two volumes contains hundreds of illustrations of breathtaking beauty and precision: one for each species, neatly capturing its character in exquisite detail, interspersed with charming vignettes of country life. Volume 2, first published in 1804, covers water birds, including sandpipers, terns, grebes and guillemots.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Of the oyster-catcher\u003cbr\u003e 2. Of the spoonbill\u003cbr\u003e 3. Of the crane\u003cbr\u003e 4. Of the heron\u003cbr\u003e 5. Of the curlew\u003cbr\u003e 6. Of the snipe\u003cbr\u003e 7. Of the godwit\u003cbr\u003e 8. Of the sandpiper\u003cbr\u003e 9. Of the coot\u003cbr\u003e 10. Of the phalarope\u003cbr\u003e 11. Of the grebe\u003cbr\u003e 12. Of the avoset\u003cbr\u003e 13. Of the auk or penguin\u003cbr\u003e 14. Of the guillemot\u003cbr\u003e 15. Of the divers\u003cbr\u003e 16. Of the tern or sea swallow\u003cbr\u003e 17. Of the gull\u003cbr\u003e 18. Of the petrel\u003cbr\u003e 19. Of the mergus\u003cbr\u003e 20. Of the anas\u003cbr\u003e 21. Of the pelican.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Popular science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Popular science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Popular%20science%20%5BPDZ%5D%22\"\u003ePDZ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003391168792,"sku":"9781108065078","price":37.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108065078i.jpg?v=1696748555","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/history-of-british-birds-volume-2-containing-the-history-and-description-of-water-birds-paperback-9781108065078","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}