AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES Ornithological Biography, or an Account of the Habits of the Birds of the United States of America; accompanied by descriptions of the objects represented in the work entitled The Birds of America. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1831-1849 [i.e., 1839]. 5 vols., 8vo, 259 x 152 mm. (10 3/16 x 6 in.), contemporary maroon morocco, gilt-panelled and -lettered, g.e., board edges and turn-ins gilt, spines faded, slight wear to spines and extremities, lacking half-titles . FIRST EDITION, written in collaboration with William MacGillivray, text wood engravings. Ayer/Zimmer, pp. 20-21; Copenhagen/Anker 18; Ellis/Mengel 96; McGill/Wood, p. 207. Provenance : Dr. Evan Morton Evans (1870-1955) Daniel Webster Evans (1907-1966). (5)
AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES Ornithological Biography, or an Account of the Habits of the Birds of the United States of America; accompanied by descriptions of the objects represented in the work entitled The Birds of America. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1831-1849 [i.e., 1839]. 5 vols., 8vo, 259 x 152 mm. (10 3/16 x 6 in.), contemporary maroon morocco, gilt-panelled and -lettered, g.e., board edges and turn-ins gilt, spines faded, slight wear to spines and extremities, lacking half-titles . FIRST EDITION, written in collaboration with William MacGillivray, text wood engravings. Ayer/Zimmer, pp. 20-21; Copenhagen/Anker 18; Ellis/Mengel 96; McGill/Wood, p. 207. Provenance : Dr. Evan Morton Evans (1870-1955) Daniel Webster Evans (1907-1966). (5)
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