ELLIOT, DANIEL GIRAUD. The New and Hertofore Unfigured Species of the Birds of North America. New York: Published by the author, [1866-] 1869. 2 vols. bound in 5, large folio, plates measure: 575 x 455mm. (22 5/8 x 17 7/8in.); text in one vol., old brown half morocco gilt, 4 vols. of plates in old red half-morocco gilt, g.e., bindings worn, the plates once framed and with stains on versos from old wood backing, each plate neatly numbered in red ink, some browning and a few stains. FIRST EDITION, 72 hand-colored lithographed plates after Elliot, Joseph Wolf and Edwin Sheppard (one), by Bowen & Co. and C.F. Tholey, 21 India proof wood engravings by W.J. Linton after Sheppard mounted in text. Ayer/Zimmer 205; Copenhagen/Anker 129; Fine Bird Books p. 74; McGill/Wood, p. 331; Nissen IVB 294. Provenance : Smithsonian Institution Libraries, ink stamp. (5)
ELLIOT, DANIEL GIRAUD. The New and Hertofore Unfigured Species of the Birds of North America. New York: Published by the author, [1866-] 1869. 2 vols. bound in 5, large folio, plates measure: 575 x 455mm. (22 5/8 x 17 7/8in.); text in one vol., old brown half morocco gilt, 4 vols. of plates in old red half-morocco gilt, g.e., bindings worn, the plates once framed and with stains on versos from old wood backing, each plate neatly numbered in red ink, some browning and a few stains. FIRST EDITION, 72 hand-colored lithographed plates after Elliot, Joseph Wolf and Edwin Sheppard (one), by Bowen & Co. and C.F. Tholey, 21 India proof wood engravings by W.J. Linton after Sheppard mounted in text. Ayer/Zimmer 205; Copenhagen/Anker 129; Fine Bird Books p. 74; McGill/Wood, p. 331; Nissen IVB 294. Provenance : Smithsonian Institution Libraries, ink stamp. (5)
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