History of British birds. The figures engraved on wood
By: by Thomas Bewick
Contributors: Beilby, Ralph, 1743 or 1744-1817; Cotes, Henry; Hancock, John, 1808-1890
Publisher: Printed by J. Blackwell and Co., for R.E. Bewick: sold by him, Longman & Co., London; and all booksellers
Published: 1847
Place of publication: Newcastle
Language: eng
Subjects: Birds
Notes: Letterpress: vol. I by Ralph Beilby, revised by Bewick; vol. II erroneously attributed to Henry Cotes who revised Bewick's text. Cf. Roscoe p. 71-73.

Synopsis (vol. I, xxxvi p. at end) and revision of nomenclature by John Hancock. Cf. publisher's advertisement, vol. I p. [xli]

Title vignettes; head- and tail-pieces. In this edition are published for the first time vignettes designed for Bewick's History of British Fishes. Cf. publisher's advertisement, vol. I p. [xli]
Table of contents: title: vol. I. History and description of land birds.; title: vol. II. History and description of water birds.