Lot 1468 , Bewick, Thomas - History of British Birds, 2 vols. (Land and Water Birds), first editions, 8vo, numerous woodcut vignettes and illustrations, publisher’s advertisement verso last leaf of vol. 2, contemporary speckled cal

° Bewick, Thomas - History of British Birds, 2 vols. (Land and Water Birds), first editions, 8vo, numerous woodcut vignettes and illustrations, publisher’s advertisement verso last leaf of vol. 2, contemporary speckled calf, two black morocco lettering pieces to spines, by Sol. Hodgson, for Beilby & Bewick, Newcastle, 1797 [1798]-1804. Together with 6 other volumes related to Bewick, including ‘A Supplement to Bewick’s British Birds’, 1821, and ‘A General History of Quadrupeds’, fourth edition, 1800, and Bewick’s ‘Figures of British Land Birds… to which are added, A Few Foreign Birds, with their Vulgar and Scientific Names’, vol. 1 only [all published], 1800, and Oliver Goldsmith and Thomas Parnell ‘Poems’, 1804, and Bewick’s ‘A History of British Birds’, vol. 1 only, 1821, and ‘A History of British Birds’, 2 vols. in 1, 1809 (8).
£200-300

Condition:
‘British Birds’: Provenance: B.E. Shortland ink name to f/free e/papers, spotting to e/papers and blanks, extremities rubbed, minor insect damage to upper cover of vol. 2, minor loss at extremities; ‘A Supplement’, spotting to last leaves, crease to mounted paper label, minor soiling to covers; ‘Quadrupeds’: Provenance: B.E. Shortland, ink name to f/free e/papers, errata leaf verso p.525, e/papers and blanks with heavy spotting, small loss to edge of upper cover; ‘Figures’: with suppressed plate to rear, marginal paper repair to title, marginal spotting from title to E2, later half-calf; ‘Poems’: Provenance: Miss L. Phillips, ink name to half-title and initial blank, minor soiling and finger-marks to margins, e/papers replaced, later green cloth-backed boards.