Title
Wild scenes and song-birds
By
Webber, C.W. (Charles Wilkins), 1819-1856
Webber, Charles Wilkins, Mrs.,
, ill
Miller, Alfred Jacob, 1810-1874
, ill
Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.),
, printer of plates
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, George P. Putnam & Co, 1854
Notes
"Stereotyped by Thomas B. Smith, N.Y., printed by Billin, Brothers"--Verso of t.p.
"This is probably the first edition of a collection of chapters on nature-study, most of them about birds. With the exception of some trivial changes in the title-page the 1858 edition ... is identical with the above."--Wood, p. 621.
Also issued by same publisher in same year with sub-title: "Illustrated with twenty-five colored lithographs, drawn by Mrs. C.W. Webber and Alfred J. Miller."
Chromolithographs signed: "L.N. Rosenthal's Cromo Lith. Philada."
Includes index.
Plates accompanied by guard tissue sheets.
Title and text within ruled border.
Wood in Vertebrate zoology cites "London" in the imprint.
Wood, C. Vertebrate zoology, | p. 621
Nissen, C. Illustrierte Vogelbèucher, | 974
Subjects
Birds
,
Natural history
,
Outdoor books
,
United States
Call Number
QL676 .W37 1854
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.102341
OCLC:
708039643
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