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A general history of quadrupeds the figures engraved on wood  Cover Image E-book E-book

A general history of quadrupeds the figures engraved on wood

Bewick, Thomas 1753-1828 (Author). Martel, Yann. (Added Author).

Summary: In the late eighteenth century, the British took greater interest than ever before in observing and recording all aspects of the natural world. Travelers and colonists returning from far-flung lands provided dazzling accounts of such exotic creatures as elephants, baboons, and kangaroos. The engraver Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) harnessed this newfound interest by assembling the most comprehensive illustrated guide to nature of his day. A General History of Quadrupeds, first published in 1790, showcases Bewick's groundbreaking engraving techniques that allowed text and images to be published on th.

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  • ISBN: 0226044858 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 9780226044859 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 0226044807 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780226044804 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0226044815 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780226044811 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 526 p.) : ill.
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  • Edition: University of Chicago Press ed.
  • Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2009.

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General Note:
"With the exception of a new title page and a new forward ... this volume is a facsimile edition of volume 3 of the 1885 Memorial Edition of the works of Thomas Bewick"--T.p. verso.
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Formatted Contents Note: Of the Third Volume; Horse; The Arabian Horse; The Race Horse; The Hunter; The Old English Road Horse; The Black Horse; The Common Cart Horse; The Improved Cart Horse; The Mule; The Ass; The Zebra; Ruminating Animals; The Ox Kind; The Holstein, or Dutch Breed; The Improved Holstein, or Dutch Breed; The Long-Horned, or Lancashire Breed; The Lancashire Ox; The Kyloe Ox; Wild Cattle; The Urus, or Wild Bull; The Bison; The Zebu; The Grunting Ox; The Buffalo; The Musk-Bull; The Sheep; The Black-Faced, or Heath Ram; Heath Ram of the Improved Breed; The Cheviot Ram.
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Source of Description Note:
Description based on print version record.
Subject: NATURE -- Animals -- Mammals
Mammals -- Pictorial works
Fine Arts
Mammals -- Early works to 1800
Mammals
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Mammals
Genre: Pictorial works.
Electronic books.
Early works.

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