A History of British Birds.: The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick.
de Bewick, Thomas, and Ralph Beilby
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- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Fine
- Librería
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Tuxedo Park, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Newcastle: Solomon Hodgson for Beilby and Bewick, 1797 [but 1798]-1804. First edition of Water Birds on Royal 8vo; Second printing of Land Birds on Imperial 8vo. Fine. 2 volumes, 25 cm (vol. 1); 24 cm (vol. 2). 335, 400 pages, with hundreds of illustrations and vignettes in text. Volume 1: History and Description of Land Birds; points of issue: dated 1797 (but 1798), advertising fourth edition of Quadrupeds on last page, priced 1 guinea in boards. Volume 2: History and Description of Water Birds; vignette present at bottom of page 176. Bound in half calf over marbled boards, worn. Contents bright and fresh. References: Hugo, "The Bewick Collector," #99ff; Wood, p. 236; Roscoe 15a and 17b.
Bewick refined and popularized the technique of wood-engraving, that is, using metal-engaving tools to cut hard boxwood across the grain, permitting more detail and durability that traditional methods of wood cuts could achieve. The durability of the wood-engraved blocks meant they could be integrated with the type, resulting in fine in-text illustrations and vignettes. Bewick's History of British Birds is considered the forerunner of all modern field guides. The early editions were printed in various formats. In the first press run of Land Birds (volume 1), only 24 copies were pulled in Imperial Octavo format; our copy is almost certainly from the second press run, in which 207 such copies were printed. Roscoe notes that "Bewick, who was not a bibliographer, would have ... regarded this edition as no more than an additional printing of the first" (p. 56). Our Water Birds (volume 2) is a first run in Royal Octavo.
Bewick refined and popularized the technique of wood-engraving, that is, using metal-engaving tools to cut hard boxwood across the grain, permitting more detail and durability that traditional methods of wood cuts could achieve. The durability of the wood-engraved blocks meant they could be integrated with the type, resulting in fine in-text illustrations and vignettes. Bewick's History of British Birds is considered the forerunner of all modern field guides. The early editions were printed in various formats. In the first press run of Land Birds (volume 1), only 24 copies were pulled in Imperial Octavo format; our copy is almost certainly from the second press run, in which 207 such copies were printed. Roscoe notes that "Bewick, who was not a bibliographer, would have ... regarded this edition as no more than an additional printing of the first" (p. 56). Our Water Birds (volume 2) is a first run in Royal Octavo.
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- Librería
- Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 6304
- Título
- A History of British Birds.
- Autor
- Bewick, Thomas, and Ralph Beilby
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition of Water Birds on Royal 8vo; Second printing of La
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Solomon Hodgson for Beilby and Bewick
- Lugar de publicación
- Newcastle
- Fecha de publicación
- 1797 [but 1798]-1804
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Atención
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Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Tuxedo Park, New York
Sobre Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio owes its name and its inspiration to the traditional Italian studio bibliografico. These small antiquarian bookshops, typically run by individuals who combine deep scholarship with a love of the printed object, remind us that underlying the words "study" and "studio" is the Latin term for zeal and devotion, studium. Since 1993, my goal has been to match discerning collectors with extraordinary books and manuscripts.
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- First Edition
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- Marbled boards
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
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