An edition of A natural history of uncommon birds (1743)

A natural history of uncommon birds

and of some other rare and undescribed animals, quadrupedes, reptiles, fishes, insects, &c. exhibited in two hundred and ten copper-plates from designs copied immediately from nature and curiously coloured after life, with a full and accurate descriptionof each figure, to which is added, a brief and general idea of drawing and painting in water-colours, with instructions for etching on copper with aqua fortis, likewise some thoughts on the passage of birds, and additions to many of the subjects describedin this work

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1743

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1 Histoire naturelle d'oiseaux peu communs: et d'autres animaux rares & qui n'ont pas été décrits, consistant en quadrupedes, reptiles, poissons, insectes, &c. Représentés sur cent dix planches en taille douce, ... En quatre parties. Par George Edwards, ... 1751, imprimé pour l'autour [sic] Microform in French	zzzz Not in Library
2 A natural history of uncommon birds: and of some other rare and undescribed animals, quadrupedes, reptiles, fishes, insects, &c. exhibited in two hundred and ten copper-plates from designs copied immediately from nature and curiously coloured after life, with a full and accurate descriptionof each figure, to which is added, a brief and general idea of drawing and painting in water-colours, with instructions for etching on copper with aqua fortis, likewise some thoughts on the passage of birds, and additions to many of the subjects describedin this work 1743, printed for the author in English	aaaa Not in Library