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020			_a9781139854702 (ebook)
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050		4	_aQL706 _b.B48 1790
082	0	4	_a599 _223
100	1		_aBewick, Thomas, _d1753-1828, _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA General History of Quadrupeds / _cThomas Bewick.
264		1	_aPlace of publication not identified : _bpublisher not identified, _c1790.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press
300			_a1 online resource (viii, 456 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge library collection. Zoology
500			_aIncludes index.
520			_aThomas 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.
650		0	_aMammals _vEarly works to 1800.
650		0	_aMammals _vPictorial works _vEarly works to 1800.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108062329
830		0	_aCambridge library collection. _pZoology.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139854702
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