WILSON, ALEXANDER and GEORGE ORD. American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States...with a sketch of the author's life, by George Ord. New York and Philadelphia: Collins and Harrison Hall 1828-29. 4 vols.: 3 text vols., 4to (8vo size), modern library buckram, and one vol. folio atlas, half red morocco, very worn, a horizontal crease across plates 20 and 39 and a crease to corner of pl. 32, light foxing, mostly marginal, to about 15 plates, the last 2 plates lightly dampstained, some dampstaining to text vol. 1, a horizontal tear across pp. 161-2 of vol. 1, one corner torn and a few short marginal tears, blind library stamps on 2 leaves of each text vol. and on title-page of plate vol. . 76 hand-colored etched plates by Alexander Lawson G. Murray, B. Tanner, and J.G. Warnicke after Wilson, 3 wood-engraved illustrations in the text. Anker 533; Nissen/ IVB 992; Wood, p. 630; Zimmer 681 ("The first new edition of Wilson's entire work, arranged in the systematic sequence of the species, not in the irregular order of the original...considerable new matter is added in the form of footnotes or supplementary remarks; some of the letter are signed G. Ord - some are not signed."). William Dutcher, pencil inscriptions on title-pages of text vols., dated Jan. 15[18]81, with shelf numbers, ink-stamp on title of plate vol. indicating receipt of the book from Dutcher in November 1922 by The National Audobon Society. (4)
WILSON, ALEXANDER and GEORGE ORD. American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States...with a sketch of the author's life, by George Ord. New York and Philadelphia: Collins and Harrison Hall 1828-29. 4 vols.: 3 text vols., 4to (8vo size), modern library buckram, and one vol. folio atlas, half red morocco, very worn, a horizontal crease across plates 20 and 39 and a crease to corner of pl. 32, light foxing, mostly marginal, to about 15 plates, the last 2 plates lightly dampstained, some dampstaining to text vol. 1, a horizontal tear across pp. 161-2 of vol. 1, one corner torn and a few short marginal tears, blind library stamps on 2 leaves of each text vol. and on title-page of plate vol. . 76 hand-colored etched plates by Alexander Lawson G. Murray, B. Tanner, and J.G. Warnicke after Wilson, 3 wood-engraved illustrations in the text. Anker 533; Nissen/ IVB 992; Wood, p. 630; Zimmer 681 ("The first new edition of Wilson's entire work, arranged in the systematic sequence of the species, not in the irregular order of the original...considerable new matter is added in the form of footnotes or supplementary remarks; some of the letter are signed G. Ord - some are not signed."). William Dutcher, pencil inscriptions on title-pages of text vols., dated Jan. 15[18]81, with shelf numbers, ink-stamp on title of plate vol. indicating receipt of the book from Dutcher in November 1922 by The National Audobon Society. (4)
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