Alexander Wilson American Ornithology

Alexander Wilson American Ornithology Wilson, Alexander, and Charles Lucian Bonaparte, and Sir William Jardine. American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States..., London: Whittaker, Treacher, & Arnot, 1832, 3 volumes, first Jardine edition. 8vo. (8 3/4 in. x 5 1/2 in.), with half-titles, illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece of Wilson in first volume, and 97 hand-colored engraved plates, full green morocco by Root & Son, with gilt birds amongst branches, gilt turn-ins, top edges gilt. Provenance: Phillip Pirages Fine Books and Manuscripts, McMinnville, OR, 2005.

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