Thomas BEWICK Lot n° 40

Bewick (Thomas) A History of British Birds, 2 vol. (Land Birds; Water Birds), inscribed "Presented by Thomas Bewick, to his daughter Jane Bewick. Newcastle Tyne" on front free endpapers (foxed and torn at inner margins), wood-engraved title-vignettes, head- & tail-pieces and illustrations, light foxing to titles, rear hinge of vol.2 broken, contemporary panelled calf with gilt-tooled foliate borders, rubbed and stained, corners worn, rebacked, vol.2 lacking label, 1805; A Supplement to the History of British Birds, 2 parts in 1, second issue including Lesser Black-backed Gull in part 2, wood-engraved title-vignettes and illustrations, some spotting, tear to F2 & 3 in part 2 (no loss), old boards, uncut, original printed label preserved on upper cover, faded, 1821 [1822], [Tattersfield TB 1.17. & 1.25.], 8vo, Newcastle, by Edward Walker for T.Bewick (3) ⁂ Jane Bewick (1787-1881) was the eldest daughter of Thomas Bewick; she edited his Memoir... published in 1862.