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BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIEN. Observations on the Nomenclature of Wilson's Ornithology, Philadelphia 1826, original paper-backed boards, uncut, broken, one short marginal tear, occasional minor foxing or discoloration , unpaginated enlarged reedition of a series of articles originally published in the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia in 1824-25, proposing revisions in the nomenclature of the 278 species described by Wilson: "one of the most notable and in some respects the most important of early American papers"--Coues, I:608, Ayer/Zimmer, p. 65, Ellis/Mengel 313, McGill/Wood, p. 247, Sabin 6266, the ornithological artist TITIAN R. PEALE'S COPY, with his signature on front pastedown; Specchio comparativo delle Ornitologie di Roma e di Filadelfia, Pisa 1827, red half morocco, original decorated paper wrappers perserved, uncut, spine and tops of covers slightly darkened, some foxing and mostly marginal dampstaining , originally published as an article in the Nuovo Giornale de' Letterati (no. 33), consisting of "a list, in parallel columns, of 247 species of birds of Rome and 281 of Philadelphia, arranged under their respective genera and families"--Ayer/Zimmer, pp. 65-66, McGill/Wood, p. 247, PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR to the Philadelphia malacologist Isaac Lea, inscribed on front wrapper; together 2 vols., 8vo , FIRST EDITIONS IN BOOK FORM. Provenance : Observations : Titian R. Peale, as above Specchio : C.L. Bonaparte to Isaac Lea, as above Colonel John Eliot Thayer (1862-1933), bookplate Both works : Dr. Evan Morton Evans (1870-1955) Daniel Webster Evans (1907-1966) (2)