Wilson, Alexander AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; OR, THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES. PHILADELPHIA: BRADFORD & INNSKEEP, 1808–14 9 vols., folio (13 5/8 x 10 5/8 in.; 346 x 270 mm). 75 (of 76) hand-colored engraved plates after Wilson by A. Lawson, G. Murray, J. G. Warnicke, and B. Tanner, list of subscribers and index; lacking plate 6, imprint of plate 63 shaved, some foxing and offsetting, vol. 6 browned . Publisher's red sheep over marbled boards; vols. 1 and 2 shaken, boards detached, text block split, other vols. quite rubbed.
Wilson, Alexander AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; OR, THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES. PHILADELPHIA: BRADFORD & INNSKEEP, 1808–14 9 vols., folio (13 5/8 x 10 5/8 in.; 346 x 270 mm). 75 (of 76) hand-colored engraved plates after Wilson by A. Lawson, G. Murray, J. G. Warnicke, and B. Tanner, list of subscribers and index; lacking plate 6, imprint of plate 63 shaved, some foxing and offsetting, vol. 6 browned . Publisher's red sheep over marbled boards; vols. 1 and 2 shaken, boards detached, text block split, other vols. quite rubbed.
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