Birds of New Holland with their natural history / collected, engraved and faithfully painted after n...
Birds of New Holland with their natural history / collected, engraved and faithfully painted after nature by John William Lewin.
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Publisher
London : Printed for the author and published by J. White and S. Bagster, the letter-press by T. Bensley, 1808.
Date
1808.
Call Numbers
FM6/354 , SAFE/C 943
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Language
English
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Physical content
22 p., 18 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 39 cm.
Contents
Plates: 1. Azure kingfisher -- 2. Mountain bee-eater -- 3. Warty-faced honeysucker -- 4. Blue-cheeked honeysucker -- 5. Yellow-eared honeysucker -- 6. Golden-crowned honeysucker -- 7. Crimson-throated manakin -- 8. Orange-breasted thrush -- 9. Crested thrush -- 10. Black-crowned thrush -- 11. Spotte...
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Publisher
London : Printed for the author and published by J. White and S. Bagster, the letter-press by T. Bensley, 1808.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1808.
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Mitchell Library copy at SAFE/ C 943: Supervised access only by appointment through Manager Access & Information.
To preserve the original, the microfilm at FM6/ 354 will be issued.
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Birds of New Holland with their natural history / collected, engraved and faithfully painted after nature by John William Lewin.
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Notes
General note
"This volume is the beginning of a work which is intended to comprehend the whole of the birds of New Holland as they may come to the Author's hand, and which will be continued in succession, he having been nine years in that country travelling, collecting, and painting for this purpose."--Thomas Lewin, Preface, p. 3.
Mitchell Library copy at SAFE/ C 943: Bound in quarter cloth and boards....
Citation / References Note
Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 465.
Additional physical form availability note
Online at the State Library of NSW.
Online images available via the National Library of Australia at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.aus-vn4511838.
Published information
Publications: John William Lewin: a memoir by Phyllis Mander Jones in Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Vol. 42, Part 4, Sydney, 1956, pp. 153-186.
Publications: Introduction by Allan McEvey in Lewin's Birds of New South Wales, 1978 facsimile reprint of 1838 edition.
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Other version (online)
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FM6/354 , SAFE/C 943
Record Identifier
74VM86dyKzQy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM86dyKzQy
Other Identifiers
DDC
568
MMS ID
991000074299702626
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