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American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States

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American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States
1831, Printed for Constable and Co., Hurst, Chance, and Co., Printed for Constable and co.; [etc., etc.]
in English

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Edition Notes

Added ill. series t.p.s.

"Edinburgh: Printed by Andrew Shortreed"--Verso of t.p.

"The present edition will comprise ... the whole of Wilson's work, including the improvements of Mr. Ord ... also the continuation of Bonaparte" -- Notice. v.1, p. [vii]-viii.

"Memoir of Alexander Wilson", by W.M. Hetherington: v.1, p. [xiii]-lxxxvi.

Includes bibliographical references.

extracted picklist 20081216 BHLEX

SCDIRB has 1 copy, SCNHRB has 3 copies.

SCDIRB copy (39088006094973, 39088006094981, 39088006094999, 39088006095004) has written in ink on recto of front free endpapers: A. Wetmore, Nov 8, 1924.

SCNHRB c.1,2,3 have bookplates: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Gift of Marcia Brady Tucker; with her pencilled collation notations on the t.p.s to c.1 & 2.

SCNHRB c.1 (39088012039095, 39088012039137) has only 3 leaves of plates.

SCNHRB c.1 has 4 v. bound as 2 in half red goatskin and marbled paper boards, title in gilt on spine; marbled endpapers; measures 16 cm.

SCNHRB c.2 & 3 have bookplates of Jonathan Dwight, Jr.

SCNHRB c.2 (39088012039087, 39088012039129, 39088012039160, 39088012039202) has occasional pencilled ms. notations.

SCNHRB c.2 bound in half blue calf and marble paper boards, signed (on front free endpaper): Bound by J. Larkins; measures 18 cm.

SCNHRB c.3 (39088012039178, 39088012039210, 39088012039251, 39088012039293) has only 1 leaf of plates.

SCNHRB c.3 has inscribed on front free endpaper: David H. Robertson, November 1831.

SCNHRB c.3 has 1 leaf of publisher's advertisements bound-in the front of v.1 & 2, bound-in at both front and end of v.4.

SCNHRB c.3 has leaf of 4 printed spine labels on back paste-down of v.4.

SCNHRB c.3 bound in green cloth, printed paper spine labels; measures 16 cm.

Published in
Edinburgh, London
Series
Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications in the various departments of literature, science & the arts -- v. 68-71
Other Titles
American ornithology, Natural history of the birds of the United States

Classifications

Library of Congress
QL681 .W74

The Physical Object

Pagination
4 v., [5] leaves of plates :

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26383084M
Internet Archive
americanornithol11831wils
LCCN
06019608
OCLC/WorldCat
3364217

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