History of British birds

Text of v. 1 by R. Beilby, amended by T. Bewick; v. 2 by T. Bewick Vol. 2 has imprint: Newcastle: Printed by Edward Walker, for T. Bewick; sold by him, and Longman and Rees, London, 1804 Vignettes on t.p.'s; head- and tail-pieces Publisher's advertisement on final p. of v. 1 Printed on wove paper Includes bibliographical references I. Containing the history and description of land birds.--II. Containing the history and description of water birds Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib. Roscoe, S. Thomas Bewick extracted picklist SCNHRB has 2 copies, both first issues according to Zimmer SCNHRB c. 1 (v.1, 39088007521941; v.2, 39088007567522) is a demy paper copy according to Roscoe (14d), with price on t.p. of v. 1: Price 10s. 6d. in boards. The vignette on p. 22 of v. 1 is variant b (Roscoe p. 48), with the ewer positioned vertically SCNHRB c. 1 has armorial bookplate of Joseph Berry Edwards, with some ms. annotations in an unknown hand throughout SCNHRB c. 1 has an old tree calf binding with gilt-tooled spine; binder's title reads: Bewick's birds SCNHRB c. 2 (v.1, 39088010230753; v.2, 39088010230894) is a thin royal paper copy according to Roscoe (14c), with price on t.p. of v. 1: 13s. in boards. The vignette on p. 22 of v. 1 is variant a (Roscoe p. 48), with the ewer positioned horizontally SCNHRB c. 2 is bound with: Bewick, T. A supplement to the History of British birds. Pt. I-II. Newcastle: Printed by Edward Walker for T. Bewick; sold by him, and E. Charnley, Newcastle, and Longman and Co., London, 1821. Bound together subsequent to publication. Supplement pt. 1 is bound in at the end of v. 1; supplement pt. 2 is bound in at the end of v. 2. The title pages for both supplements are bound in together at the beginning of supplement pt. 1 in v. 1 SCNHRB c. 2 has armorial bookplate: Ex libris Johannis Edwardi Cross SCNHRB c. 2 has later red half-leather binding with marbled paper boards; marbled endpapers and edges; re-backed. Binder's title reads: Bewick's History