Cassin, John (1813-1869) Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British, and Russian America. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1856. First edition, octavo, illustrated with fifty chromolithographic plates by Hitchcock finished in color after drawings by George C. White; ex libris John Krider, a Philadelphia naturalist mentioned by Cassin in the preface, and a contributor to the work; bound in contemporary half morocco, marbled paper boards, 10 x 6 3/4 in. Provenance: The estate of Dr. James Woodward Wallace, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Cassin, John (1813-1869) Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British, and Russian America. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1856. First edition, octavo, illustrated with fifty chromolithographic plates by Hitchcock finished in color after drawings by George C. White; ex libris John Krider, a Philadelphia naturalist mentioned by Cassin in the preface, and a contributor to the work; bound in contemporary half morocco, marbled paper boards, 10 x 6 3/4 in. Provenance: The estate of Dr. James Woodward Wallace, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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