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035 $a(OCoLC)ocm03958198
040 $aDLC$edcrb$cYUS$dOCL$dOCLCQ$dSMI$dOCoLC
049 $aSNI1$nosds 07/25/03; "recat"/add of QL690.G7B57 v.1-2 "copy 2" RB SI (not formerly on SIRIS nor barcoded); retain copy-spec. notes for QL690.G7B57 1797 v.1-2 BIRDRB/SCNHRB (39088007521941; 39088007567522)
050 1 $aQL690.G7$bB5
090 $aQL690.G7$bB57 1797
100 1 $aBewick, Thomas,$d1753-1828
245 10 $aHistory of British birds /$cthe figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick ...
246 1 $iBinder's title:$aBewick's Birds$5DSI
246 1 $iBinder's title:$aBewick's History of birds$5DSI
246 17 $aBritish birds
260 $aNewcastle :$bPrinted by Sol. Hodgson, for Beilby & Bewick :$bsold by them, and G.G. & J. Robinson, London,$c1797-1804.
300 $a2 v. :$bill. ;$c24 cm. (8vo)
500 $aText of v. 1 by R. Beilby, amended by T. Bewick; v. 2 by T. Bewick.
500 $aVol. 2 has imprint: Newcastle: Printed by Edward Walker, for T. Bewick; sold by him, and Longman and Rees, London, 1804.
500 $aVignettes on t.p.'s; head- and tail-pieces.
500 $aPublisher's advertisement on final p. of v. 1.
500 $aPrinted on wove paper.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aI. Containing the history and description of land birds.--II. Containing the history and description of water birds.
510 4 $aZimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib.,$cp. 57-58
510 4 $aRoscoe, S. Thomas Bewick,$c14a-d (p. 46-52)
583 $aextracted picklist$c20081216$zBHLEX
590 $aSCNHRB has 2 copies, both first issues according to Zimmer.
590 $aSCNHRB c. 1 (v.1, 39088007521941; v.2, 39088007567522) is a demy paper copy according to Roscoe (14d), with price on t.p. of v. 1: Price 10s. 6d. in boards. The vignette on p. 22 of v. 1 is variant b (Roscoe p. 48), with the ewer positioned vertically.
590 $aSCNHRB c. 1 has armorial bookplate of Joseph Berry Edwards, with some ms. annotations in an unknown hand throughout.
590 $aSCNHRB c. 1 has an old tree calf binding with gilt-tooled spine; binder's title reads: Bewick's birds.
590 $aSCNHRB c. 2 (v.1, 39088010230753; v.2, 39088010230894) is a thin royal paper copy according to Roscoe (14c), with price on t.p. of v. 1: 13s. in boards. The vignette on p. 22 of v. 1 is variant a (Roscoe p. 48), with the ewer positioned horizontally.
590 $aSCNHRB c. 2 is bound with: Bewick, T. A supplement to the History of British birds. Pt. I-II. Newcastle: Printed by Edward Walker for T. Bewick; sold by him, and E. Charnley, Newcastle, and Longman and Co., London, 1821. Bound together subsequent to publication. Supplement pt. 1 is bound in at the end of v. 1; supplement pt. 2 is bound in at the end of v. 2. The title pages for both supplements are bound in together at the beginning of supplement pt. 1 in v. 1.
590 $aSCNHRB c. 2 has armorial bookplate: Ex libris Johannis Edwardi Cross.
590 $aSCNHRB c. 2 has later red half-leather binding with marbled paper boards; marbled endpapers and edges; re-backed. Binder's title reads: Bewick's History of birds.
650 0 $aBirds$zGreat Britain.
700 1 $aBeilby, Ralph,$d1743 or 1744-1817
700 1 $aEdwards, Joseph Berry,$eformer owner.$5DSI
700 1 $aCross, John Edward,$eformer owner.$5DSI
752 $aEngland$dLondon.
949 $lscnh$gscnhrb$dv. 1$i39088010230753$nlc$trare
949 $lscnh$gscnhrb$dv. 2$i39088010230894$nlc$trare