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  Title

  A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood

  Author

  Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828.  

  Publisher:

  University of Chicago Press,

  Pub date:

  ©2009.

  Physical Description

  1 online resource (xi, 526 pages) :

  ISBN:

  9780226044811

  Item info:

  1 copy available at MUT Main Lib..
  

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  A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood
  Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828.
  

  ISBN:

  9780226044811 (cloth ; alk. paper)

  ISBN:

  0226044815 (cloth ; alk. paper)

  ISBN:

  9780226044804 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

  ISBN:

  0226044807 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

  ISBN:

  9780226044859 (electronic bk.)

  ISBN:

  0226044858 (electronic bk.)

  Other standard ID #:

  9786612759536

  Local system #:

  (OCoLC)668193432 (OCoLC)664565736

  Dewey Decimal Classification Number:

  599 22

  Personal Author:

  Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828.

  Title:

  A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood / Thomas Bewick ; with a new foreword by Yann Martel.

  Edition:

  University of Chicago Press ed.

  Publication info:

  Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2009.

  Physical descript:

  1 online resource (xi, 526 pages) : illustrations

  Content Type:

  text txt

  Media carrier:

  computer c

  Carrier Type:

  online resource cr

  Contents:

  Of the Third Volume; Horse; The Arabian Horse; The Race Horse; The Hunter; The Old English Road Horse; The Black Horse; The Common Cart Horse; The Improved Cart Horse; The Mule; The Ass; The Zebra; Ruminating Animals; The Ox Kind; The Holstein, or Dutch Breed; The Improved Holstein, or Dutch Breed; The Long-Horned, or Lancashire Breed; The Lancashire Ox; The Kyloe Ox; Wild Cattle; The Urus, or Wild Bull; The Bison; The Zebu; The Grunting Ox; The Buffalo; The Musk-Bull; The Sheep; The Black-Faced, or Heath Ram; Heath Ram of the Improved Breed; The Cheviot Ram.

  Abstract/summary:

  In the late eighteenth century, the British took greater interest than ever before in observing and recording all aspects of the natural world. Travelers and colonists returning from far-flung lands provided dazzling accounts of such exotic creatures as elephants, baboons, and kangaroos. The engraver Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) harnessed this newfound interest by assembling the most comprehensive illustrated guide to nature of his day. A General History of Quadrupeds, first published in 1790, showcases Bewick's groundbreaking engraving techniques that allowed text and images to be published on th.

  Subject term:

  Mammals--Early works to 1800.

  Subject term:

  Mammals--Pictorial works.

  Genre index term:

  Electronic books.

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  Martel, Yann.

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