TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bewick,Thomas
TI  - A General History of Quadrupeds
T2  - Cambridge library collection. Zoology
SN  - 9781139854702 (ebook)
AV  - QL706 .B48 1790
U1  - 599 23
PY  - 1790///
CY  - Place of publication not identified
PB  - publisher not identified
KW  - Mammals
KW  - Early works to 1800
KW  - Pictorial works
N1  - Includes index
N2  - Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) began his career as an apprentice to the engraver and businessman Ralph Beilby (1743-1817). Having entered into a partnership and illustrated more than eighty small books for children, they decided to work together on this natural history, with Beilby drafting the descriptions and Bewick providing wood engravings and textual revisions. It was first published in 1790, cementing Bewick's reputation as an engraver of the natural world. Although by the end of 1797 the partnership had foundered, the book ran to seven editions and sold some 14,000 copies. Its aim was to describe and depict the domestic animals that 'so materially contribute to the strength, the wealth, and the happiness of this kingdom', and also provide entries on more exotic species, such as monkeys and big cats. Beginning with horses and cattle, this reissue of the first edition also includes an index of animals
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139854702
ER  -