A supplement to the History of British birds
By: the figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick
Contributors: Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828; Cross, John Edward, former owner
Publisher: Printed by Edward Walker for T. Bewick; sold by him, and E. Charnley, Newcastle, and Longman and Co., London
Published: 1821
Place of publication: Newcastle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 50
Subjects: Birds
Notes: The 2 v. "were issued bound as one volume, though they may also occasionally have been issued separately."--Roscoe, p. 112.

Vignettes on t.p.'s; head- and tail-pieces.

Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib., p. 58

Roscoe, S. Thomas Bewick, 25/27a-c (p. 110-112)

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SCNHRB copy is bound with: Bewick, T. History of British birds. Newcastle : Printed by Sol. Hodgson, for Beilby & Bewick, sold by them, and G.G. & J. Robinson, London, 1797-1804. (QL690.G7B57 1797 v.1-2, c. 2 SCNHRB) Bound together subsequent to publication. Supplement pt. 1 is bound in at the end of v. 1, c. 2; supplement pt. 2 is bound in at the end of v. 2, c. 2. The title pages for both supplements are bound in together at the beginning of supplement pt. 1 in v. 1.

SCNHRB copy has armorial bookplate: Ex libris Johannis Edwardi Cross.

SCNHRB copy has later red half-leather binding with marbled paper boards; marbled endpapers and edges; re-backed. Binder's title reads: Bewick's History of birds.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Containing the history and description of land birds; title: Pt. 2. Containing the history and description of water birds.