Hewitson, William C. - COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE EGGS OF THE BRITISH BIRDS Accompanied with Descriptions of the Eggs, Nests, Etc.

John and Voorst ..., 1846. 2 vols. xvi + 223pp. + [iv]. + 470pp. 138 hand coloured plates. Some light browning, very occasional foxing, with the ink ownership stamp of R.A. French to front f.e.p., rebound in modern black lettered blue cloth. ¶ Freeman 1659; Nissen, 125. William Chapman Hewitson (1806–1878), naturalist. ‘... In early life, Hewitson had formed collections of British coleoptera and lepidoptera; he then devoted attention for some years to the study of birds' eggs. In 1831 he began his work British Oology (1833–42), and in 1832 he undertook a journey to the Shetland Islands, and in 1833 went on an expedition to Norway to discover the breeding places of some migratory species. He was accompanied on this trip by his friends John Hancock and Benjamin Johnson, with the aim of gathering plants, birds, and insects. During their visit to the Arctic circle, they were forced by the harshness of their circumstances, to live on the birds they shot ...’

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