American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States ... With a Sketch of the Life of Wilson, by George Ord. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, [1871]. 3 volumes, plus 2 atlas volumes in 1. 8vo (257 x 163 mm) and folio (424 x 325 mm). Text: [iii]-cxxxii, 214; [iii]-viii, 9-390; [vi]-viii, xvi, 9-426 pp. Atlas: Title page for each volume, 3 pp index of plates, and 103 hand-colored lithographed plates featuring nearly 400 figures of birds, most by Alexander Lawson after Wilson and Rider. Publisher's brown half-morocco and marbled boards, spine titles gilt, a.e.g., yellow endpapers. Minimal stray spotting, slight toning to some plates, soiling to a few margins, soiling at edge of plate 48, binding rubbed. Provenance: Don Bleitz (bookplates). COMPLETE WITH ATLAS OF FINE COLORED PLATES. "This late edition of 'Ord's Wilson' and 'Bonaparte' is a very fine one" (Coues). The plates in the first atlas volume were printed from the originals, engraved by Lawson under Wilson's supervision, and later retouched by Lawson. Volume 3 contains Baird's Classification of the Genera and Species of American Birds. Coues pp 688-9. This edition not in Wood or Zimmer.
American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States ... With a Sketch of the Life of Wilson, by George Ord. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, [1871]. 3 volumes, plus 2 atlas volumes in 1. 8vo (257 x 163 mm) and folio (424 x 325 mm). Text: [iii]-cxxxii, 214; [iii]-viii, 9-390; [vi]-viii, xvi, 9-426 pp. Atlas: Title page for each volume, 3 pp index of plates, and 103 hand-colored lithographed plates featuring nearly 400 figures of birds, most by Alexander Lawson after Wilson and Rider. Publisher's brown half-morocco and marbled boards, spine titles gilt, a.e.g., yellow endpapers. Minimal stray spotting, slight toning to some plates, soiling to a few margins, soiling at edge of plate 48, binding rubbed. Provenance: Don Bleitz (bookplates). COMPLETE WITH ATLAS OF FINE COLORED PLATES. "This late edition of 'Ord's Wilson' and 'Bonaparte' is a very fine one" (Coues). The plates in the first atlas volume were printed from the originals, engraved by Lawson under Wilson's supervision, and later retouched by Lawson. Volume 3 contains Baird's Classification of the Genera and Species of American Birds. Coues pp 688-9. This edition not in Wood or Zimmer.
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