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Vintage Prints : Birds Morrie, Thorburn & more [Biography]

Birds Morrie, Thorburn & more

Birds Morrie, Thorburn & more

still being checked and not available at the moment

Some of these prints of British wild birds come from one of the best known late Victorian works on the subject. Habitat destruction and widespread use of pesticides have reduced the range and number of many of the, a few being near to extinction

"A History of British Birds" was written by Rev. Francis Morris 1810-1893. Working closely with Benjamin Fawcett, an accomplished woodblock printer, they had a profound effect on British ornithology. Morris wrote the text for books, financed and printed by Fawcett, and illustrated by Alexander Francis Lydon.

Birds Morrie, Thorburn & more

Birds Morrie, Thorburn & more

still being checked and not available at the moment

Some of these prints of British wild birds come from one of the best known late Victorian works on the subject. Habitat destruction and widespread use of pesticides have reduced the range and number of many of the, a few being near to extinction

"A History of British Birds" was written by Rev. Francis Morris 1810-1893. Working closely with Benjamin Fawcett, an accomplished woodblock printer, they had a profound effect on British ornithology. Morris wrote the text for books, financed and printed by Fawcett, and illustrated by Alexander Francis Lydon.

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