American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. Plates Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings Taken from Nature. “Philadelphia Edition” with 103 hand-colored plates, 5 vols (3 text, 2 plates), complete. 12 full page black-and-white photo-plates

American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. Plates Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings Taken from Nature. “Philadelphia Edition” with 103 hand-colored plates, 5 vols (3 text, 2 plates), complete. 12 full page black-and-white photo-platesPp. Text: [iii] cxxxii, 214; [iii] viii, 9 390; [vi] viii, xvi, 9 426; Plates: title page, 2 pp index of plates, 76 plates; title page of Bonaparte Supplement, 1 pp index of plates, 27 plates for a total of 103 hand colored lithographed plates featuring nearly 400 figures of birds, most by Alexander Lawson after Wilson and Rider. Publisher's original half brown morocco over marbled boards, spine with five raised bands and titles in gilt, all edges

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