BEWICK, Thomas (1753-1828). History of British Birds, Newcastle: S. Hodgson, for Beilby & Bewick, 1797-1804. 2 volumes, large 8° (236 x 140mm), wood-engraved vignette on title and vignettes by Thomas Bewick (title of vol. one very lightly browned and spotted, occasional very light spotting), 19th-century calf gilt by Henry Young & Sons, covers with double gilt fillets and cornerpieces, spines gilt in compartments with bird motifs stamped in gilt in 4, dentelles (some light scuffing). FIRST EDITION, with vignette at p.285 in original state. Nissen IVB 95; Roscoe 14; Zimmer I, 57.