These pages are enlivened with some of the engravings of Thomas Bewick, who published A General History of Quadrupeds in 1790, and a History of Birds in 1797 (Volume 1) and 1804 (Volume 2). He is seen as the founder of modern book illustration. The pictures are galleried here. (More to follow.)
The urus, or wild bull
The musk-bull
The zebu
The zebra