American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. Plates Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings Taken from Nature. “Philadelphia Edition” with 103 hand-colored plates, 5 vols (3 text, 2 plates), complete. 3 line-drawings

3 line-drawings

Elof Axel Carlson

Small call number of the International Crane Foundation on the spine of the dust jacket and name stamp of the Ron Sauey Memorial Library on rear endpaper and top page edge

1 engraved plain plate of fossil reptiles (all plates have tissue guards and are after paintings and drawings by Paul Oudart)

American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. Plates Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings Taken from Nature. “Philadelphia Edition” with 103 hand-colored plates, 5 vols (3 text, 2 plates), complete. 3 line-drawingsPp. Text: [iii] cxxxii, 214; [iii] viii, 9 390; [vi] viii, xvi, 9 426; Plates: title page, 2 pp index of plates, 76 plates; title page of Bonaparte Supplement, 1 pp index of plates, 27 plates for a total of 103 hand colored lithographed plates featuring nearly 400 figures of birds, most by Alexander Lawson after Wilson and Rider. Publisher's original half brown morocco over marbled boards, spine with five raised bands and titles in gilt, all edges