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Bewick, Thomas (faked). Wood Engravings of Land and Water Birds. Never before published.

Suite of 114 wood-engraved bird depictions on 57 plates. 58 unnumbered leaves incl. title. 4to. Modern half cloth. – Newcastle-upon-Tyne, J. J. Lynch, August 1860.

According the copac entry, this is one of only sixty copies published. “These cuts are those formerly possessed by Davison, and used in his “‘British Land and Water Birds’” (Hugo). Fake authorship. The woodcuts are from William Davidson’s printing shop in Alnwick, but not from Bewick. – Hugo 526. – End-papers foxed, the plates mostly clean. – Best.-Nr. 16214