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LEWIN, William (1747-1795). The Birds of Great Britian, systematically arranged, accurately engraved, and painted from nature; with descriptions including the natural history of each bird, London: for J. Johnson, 1795-1801.
8 volumes in 4, 4° (275 x 230mm.), parallel text in English and French, 336 hand-coloured etched plates brightly coloured with wash backgrounds by and after Lewin and his sons, 278 of birds, the remaining 58 plates of eggs (very occasional spotting), contemporary calf, spines lettered in gilt with raised bands (extremities worn).
Second edition. According to Swainson (in Mullens and Swann), Lewin was 'the best zoological painter, and one of the most practical naturalists of his day'. Nissen IVB, 562; Fine Bird Books, 91; Mullens and Swann pp. 349-51. (4)
8 volumes in 4, 4° (275 x 230mm.), parallel text in English and French, 336 hand-coloured etched plates brightly coloured with wash backgrounds by and after Lewin and his sons, 278 of birds, the remaining 58 plates of eggs (very occasional spotting), contemporary calf, spines lettered in gilt with raised bands (extremities worn).
Second edition. According to Swainson (in Mullens and Swann), Lewin was 'the best zoological painter, and one of the most practical naturalists of his day'. Nissen IVB, 562; Fine Bird Books, 91; Mullens and Swann pp. 349-51. (4)
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