"Vols. 1, pp. 1-408, vol. II and vol. III, to p. 257, contain a reprint of Wilson's original 'American ornithology,' 1808-14, including vol. IX by Ord, with the voluminous notes by Jardine; vol. III, pp. 259-507, contains a reprint of the first three volumes (all then published) of Bonaparte's 'American ornithology,' 1825-33, under the subtitle of 'Continuation of Wilson's American ornithology."--Zimmer, p. 683.

Plates signed: (in main work) drawn from nature by A. Wilson; engraved by W.H. Lizars; [port.] painted by John Watson Gordon; (in continuation) drawn from nature by Titian R. Peale; drawn from nature by A. Rider; engraved by W.H. Lizars.

"Edinburgh: printed by Andrew Shortreed)"--Verso of t.p. in v. 1 and v. 2; "Edinburgh: printed by Ballantyne and Company"--Colophon of "Continuation", v. 3, p. [259]-507.

"Continuation of Wilson's American ornithology by Charles Lucian Bonaparte": v.3, p. [259]-507.

Collation: v.1. cvii, 408 p., unnumbered port. frontispiece, plates 1-27; v.2. vii, 390 p., plates 28-60; v.3. viii, 523 p., plates 61-76 and 1-21 (numbering starts anew for plates in the "Continuation").

Hand-colored illustrations.

Some copies are bound with 16 p. of publisher's advertisements at end of v. 3 (present in CHMRB copy only).

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Zimmer, J.T. Ayer lib., 683-684

Anker, J. Bird books, 534

Nissen, C. Illustrierten Vogelbucher, 996

Sabin 104598 (note)

extracted picklist 20081216 BHLEX

conserved; repaired 2013 Ursula Mitra, Mitra Library Conservation, LLC CCPF FY2013.

CHMRB has 1 copy; SCNHRB has 2 copies.

CHMRB copy (v.1, 39088009904251; v.2, 39088009904202; v.3, 39088009904343) has bookplate: Robert W. Chanler bequest, 1933. Accession nos.: 8204-8206.

CHMRB copy has laid in: [1] p. of penciled notes, in an unknown hand, concerning the bibliography of bird books.

CHMRB copy had conservation treatment supported by a FY2013 grant from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund.

CHMRB copy has later burgundy moire silk binding with black leather spine; gilt-lettered spine label; in later archival paperboard portfolios.

SCNHRB c.1 (v.1, 39088009904285; v.2, 39088009904046; v.3, 39088009904087; v.4 (plates) 39088009904038) is bound in 4 v., with all of the plates collected together in v. 4.

SCNHRB c.1 is imperfect: plates 1, 5, 9, 11, and 51 of the main work are wanting. Some pages are clumsily repaired, affecting text.

SCNHRB c.1 has stamp: Smithsonian Institution National Museum, Jul. 6, 1915; accession no. 232353. Penciled note on t.p.: Purchased Mrs. N. Hollister.

SCNHRB c.1 has green buckram library binding with gilt-lettered spine.

SCNHRB c.2 (v.1, 39088009904137; v.2, 39088009904178; v.3, 39088009904319) has the first four numbered plates of v.1 misbound in the following order: 1, 4, 2, 3; plates 40 and 9 (from the "Continuation") are used as frontispieces, respectively, for v.2 and v.3; v.3 lacks the 16 p. of publisher's advertisements.

SCNHRB c. 2 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Gift of Marcia Brady Tucker; with Mrs. Tucker's collation note on t.p.

SCNHRB c. 2 has modern gilt-tooled blue half-morocco binding with blue cloth-covered boards; raised bands; top-edge gilt.