ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud. The New and Heretofore Unfigured Species of the Birds of North America . New York: by the author, [1866]-1869.
ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud. The New and Heretofore Unfigured Species of the Birds of North America . New York: by the author, [1866]-1869. 2 volumes, large folio (590 x 474 mm). List of subscribers, lists of plates, 21 mounted engraved vignette illustrations by W.J. Linton in the text and 72 fine hand-colored lithographic plates after Elliot, J. Wolf and E. Sheppard by Bowen & Co. and C.F. Tholey, mounted on guards. (Some intermittent pale spotting, pale dampstain to a few leaves, a few text leaves with marginal tears not affecting text.) Contemporary green morocco gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (some light rubbing). FIRST EDITION, ONE OF ONLY 200 COPIES PRINTED. The work is dedicated to Alexander Wilson "Pioneer of American Ornithologists" and the first sentence of the Preface pays homage to Audubon: "Since the time of Wilson and Audubon, no work has been published upon American Ornithology, containing life-size representations of the various species that have been discovered since the labors of those great men were finished." Nearly all of the species are illustrated life-size and Joseph Wolf's depiction of the falco islandicus has become one of the icons of ornithological illustration. This was among the final works completed by the printing firm Bowen in Philadelphia; they went out of business soon after this was published, and Elliot had the rest of his works produced in Europe. Anker/Copenhagen 129; Ayer/Zimmer p. 205; Fine Bird Books p. 74; Nissen IVB 294; Sabin 22227.
ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud. The New and Heretofore Unfigured Species of the Birds of North America . New York: by the author, [1866]-1869.
ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud. The New and Heretofore Unfigured Species of the Birds of North America . New York: by the author, [1866]-1869. 2 volumes, large folio (590 x 474 mm). List of subscribers, lists of plates, 21 mounted engraved vignette illustrations by W.J. Linton in the text and 72 fine hand-colored lithographic plates after Elliot, J. Wolf and E. Sheppard by Bowen & Co. and C.F. Tholey, mounted on guards. (Some intermittent pale spotting, pale dampstain to a few leaves, a few text leaves with marginal tears not affecting text.) Contemporary green morocco gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (some light rubbing). FIRST EDITION, ONE OF ONLY 200 COPIES PRINTED. The work is dedicated to Alexander Wilson "Pioneer of American Ornithologists" and the first sentence of the Preface pays homage to Audubon: "Since the time of Wilson and Audubon, no work has been published upon American Ornithology, containing life-size representations of the various species that have been discovered since the labors of those great men were finished." Nearly all of the species are illustrated life-size and Joseph Wolf's depiction of the falco islandicus has become one of the icons of ornithological illustration. This was among the final works completed by the printing firm Bowen in Philadelphia; they went out of business soon after this was published, and Elliot had the rest of his works produced in Europe. Anker/Copenhagen 129; Ayer/Zimmer p. 205; Fine Bird Books p. 74; Nissen IVB 294; Sabin 22227.
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