Nature's Engraver. A Life of Thomas Bewick

New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. "Thomas Bewick's 'History of British Birds' marked the moment as the first 'field guide' for ordinary people, illustrated with woodcuts of astonishing accuracy and beauty ... In this superb biography, Jenny Uglow tells the story of the farmer's son from Tyneside who influenced book illustration for a century to come" (jacket). Very good in brown paper covered boards with gilt title to spine. Small closed tears to edges of a few pages near the rear. Clean and bright with many illustrations. In cream illustrated dust jacket with black title to spine and front panels. Light wear to edges of jacket. 458 pages. BOB/102923.