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BIRDS -- WILSON, Alexander and Charles Lucian BONAPARTE. American Ornithology; or the Natural History of the Birds of the United States. London: Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot, 1832. 3 volumes. 8vo (210 x 130 mm). Frontispiece portrait and 97 hand-colored plates. Later half green morocco, t.e.g. Condition: offsetting from plates; spines uniformly faded, shelfwear. wilson's important work on american birds, with 97 colored plates by Wilson, Titian Peale, John Audubon and A. Rider. Sabin 104598; BMNH; Nissen 996; Anker 534, Wood, p. 630. ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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