The Naturalist's Library, Vol. 10: Ornithology; Parrots (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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It is difficult, perhaps impossible, to trace the his tory of wood-engraving, its early principles, the causes of its decay, 810 till its productions came to sink below contempt. But for its revival and pre sent state we are unquestionably indebted to Bewick and his pupils.

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