Woodcuts of British fishes / engraved by Thomas Bewick.
Published / Created:
London : James Toovey, 1878.
Physical Description:
[25] leaves : all ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:582145
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Three prospectuses (with different vignettes) for A history of British birds / engraved on wood by T. Bewick are bound in at front. Prospectuses read: This work is intended to be put to press in 1826, and to be printed on imperial, royal, and demy papers ... Subscriptions received by all booksellers and by T. Bewick and Son, Newcastle.
Subject Terms:
Toovey, James -- Publisher. | Bewick (T.) and Son -- Publisher. | Bibliotheca Piscatoria Lynniana -- Bookplate. | Fishes -- Great Britain. | Dummies (Bookselling) -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1878.
Contributors:
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828. History of British birds.
