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    This document provides a summary of the book "A natural history of water birds / thirty-four engravings on wood" from the Historical Book Arts Collection at the University of Washington. The book was published circa 1815 in Alnwick, England and contains 34 wood engravings by Thomas Bewick depicting various water birds, along with descriptions of each bird. It is part of the Special Collections at the University of Washington Libraries.

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    A Natural History of Water Birds - Thirty-Four Engravings On Wood - Historical Book Arts Collection - University of Washington Digital Collections

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    Title
    A natural history of water birds / thirty-four engravings on wood

    Detail Depicted
    Illustrations--Relief--Wood Engravings(Page 11)

    Creator/Author
    [Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828]

    Publisher
    Printed and sold wholesale and retail by W. Davison. [Davison, William, 1780-1858]

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    Place of Publication
    Alnwick [England--Alnwick]

    Date of Publication
    [1815?]

    Subjects (LCSH)
    Water Birds (/digital/collection/historicalbookarts/search/searchterm/Water Birds/field/subjec/mode/exact/conn/and)

    Genre Heading
    Scientific works (/digital/collection/historicalbookarts/search/searchterm/Scientific works/field/genre/mode/exact/conn/and)

    Bibliographic Elements
    [3], 4-36 p. : ill. ; 15 cm

    Printing Method
    Letterpress on handmade wove paper.

    Printer
    Printed and sold wholesale and retail by W. Davison.

    Image Production Process


    Relief prints--Wood engravings (/digital/collection/historicalbookarts/search/searchterm/Relief prints--Wood
    engravings/field/printi/mode/exact/conn/and)

    Illustrator
    [Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828]

    Binding
    Conservation binding of handmade paper with wood engravings on original printed wrappers affixed to front and back cover.

    Currently sewn through the folds, but shows original stab holes from first sewing.

    All edges trimmed.

    General Notes
    Signatures: (14 x 9 cm.): A-C[superscript 6] [$1,3 signed]; 18 leaves, pp. [1-3] 4-36.

    Printer's marks.

    Thomas Bewick was a prominent wood engraver in the latter part of the 18th century. He is honored for developing the "white line"
    engraving.

    Language
    English

    Digital Collection
    Historical Book Arts Collection

    Repository
    University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections

    Repository Collection
    Special Collections

    Call Number
    SpecColl Rare Books 598.2 B468n

    Digital Reproduction Information


    Scanned in RGB color using an Olylmpus C-2000 Zoom digital camera and saved in .jpg format and resized to768x600 ppi. 2003.

    Content
    Chapbook of water bird illustrations with a half page of physical and behavioral description for each bird.

    Rights URI
    http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ (http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)

    Restrictions
    For information on permissions for use and reproductions pleasevisit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions
    page:http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use
    (http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use)

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    Object Type
    image (/digital/collection/historicalbookarts/search/searchterm/image/field/object/mode/exact/conn/and)

    IIIF Manifest
    https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/iiif/info/historicalbookarts/39/manifest.json
    (https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/iiif/info/historicalbookarts/39/manifest.json)

    IIIF Image

    https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/iiif/historicalbookarts/39/full/full/0/default.jpg
    (https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/iiif/historicalbookarts/39/full/full/0/default.jpg)

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