American Ornithology; Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. Three Volumes
Whittaker, Treacher, & Arnot, 1832. First Edition. Leather Binding. Very Good. Item #654304
First Jardine Edition, with illustrative notes, and life of Wilson by Sir William Jardine. In Three Volumes. Illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece of Wilson in first volume, and 97 hand-coloured engraved plates by W. H. Lizars after Wilson and others. Each 6 x 9 in. cvii + 408; 390; 523pp., including index. Uniformly bound in quarter red morocco over green cloth boards, with gilt stamped titles and decorative device on spines. Overall a nice set, with wear to the corners and rubbing along the edges; usual foxing to the frontispiece, else a Very Good set. Internally clean and all the plates are fresh and bright with just a faint traces of offsetting to the facing pages; binding are tight and all hinges/boards intact. Anker 534; Sabin 104598 (ref. the American Edition) // Considered the first major scientific work published in the United States (1808-1814) and the most important publication on American ornithology before Audubon.
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