Bewick's British Birds
With Bewick on my knee, I was then happy...'' Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte''s heroine was not alone in her enjoyment of Thomas Bewick''s British Birds - since its first publication in 1797 it has become one of the best-loved classics of natural history. Bewick''s masterful woodcuts are more than scientific records; each beady eye and jaunty pose betrays the artist''s love of birds.
This edition incl...
With Bewick on my knee, I was then happy...'' Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte''s heroine was not alone in her enjoyment of Thomas Bewick''s British Birds - since its first publication in 1797 it has become one of the best-loved classics of natural history. Bewick''s masterful woodcuts are more than scientific records; each beady eye and jaunty pose betrays the artist''s love of birds.
This edition incl...
