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Bewick’s Water Birds

Thomas Bewick engraved on the end grain of boxwood, cutting light out of black to give tone, feather and weather. His Water Birds sets each bird in its own landscape and closes many entries with a small scene of country life. This edition was published in 1847, nineteen years after his death.

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