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wikidata:Q51450447 reasonator:Q51450447
Author
Graves, George, 1754-1839
Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822, ill
Edwards, Sydenham, 1769?-1819, ill
Cooper Union Library, former owner. DSI
William Brown (Firm : Edinburgh, Scotland), bookseller. DSI
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
British ornithology : being the history with a coloured representation of every known species of British birds
Volume v.1 (1811)
Publisher
London : Printed for the author, by Stephen Couchman ... and sold by Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
Object type publication Edit this at Wikidata
Description
statement of responsibility: by George Graves, assisted by several eminent ornithologists
Issued in parts between 1811 and 1821. The 3rd v., with a t.p. dated 1821, also serves as the 3rd v. for the 2nd ed. of this work. For a discussion of the work's publication, and particularly its illustrators, see C.E. Jackson, Bird etchings, p. 190-200
Hand-colored ill., attributed primarily to Graves, S. Howitt, and S.T. Edwards
citation/reference: Freeman, R.B. British nat. hist. books, 1495-1900, 1415
citation/reference: BM (nat. hist.), v. 2, p. 709
Includes bibliographical references
Freeman, R.B. British nat. hist. books, 1495-1900
BM (nat. hist.)
CHMRB copy (v. 1, 39088009903964; v. 2, 39088009903725) has v. 1-2 only; v. 1 has 57 leaves of plates and v. 2 has 39 leaves of plates
CHMRB copy has bookplates: 1. Purchased by the Mary Stuart Book Fund ... Cooper Union Library; 2. Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Preservation supported by the Smithsonian Women's Committee. Accession nos. 2216-2217
CHMRB copy has bookseller's label on front paste-down endpapers: William Brown, fine art & antiquarian bookseller ... Edinburgh
CHMRB copy has later gilt-tooled black half-morocco binding with marbled paper boards; raised bands; marbled endpapers; in later archival box for preservation. Binding signed: Bound for William Brown, Edinburgh

Subjects: Birds
Language eng
Publication date 1811
publication_date QS:P577,+1811-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Britishornithol1Grav
Place of publication London Edit this at Wikidata
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https://archive.org/download/Britishornithol1Grav/Britishornithol1Grav.pdf

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