COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ORNITHOLOGY 



States. Illustrated with plates engraved and colored 

 from Original Drawings taken from Nature. 79 cop- 

 per-plates containing 397 Birds engraved by Alex. 

 Lawson and G. Murray and all carefully colored by 

 hand. 9 vols., royal 4to, original half red morocco. 

 Philadelphia, Bradford and Inskeep, 1808-1810-181 1- 

 181 1-1812-1812-1824-1824-1814. 



First Edition of each volume, except Seven and Eight, dated 

 1824, which are of the Edition revised, with new preface to each, 

 by George Ord. The Ninth volume, published soon after Wilson's 

 death, contains his Life by Ord. Most of the volumes contain 

 the bookplates of James Thomson. 



WILSON, ALEXANDER. American Ornitho- 

 logy or the Natural History of the Birds of the United 

 States. Illustrated with plates engraved and coloured 

 from original drawings taken from Nature. With a 

 Sketch of the Author's Life by George Ord. Text in 

 3 vols. With Atlas containing 76 colored plates of 

 Birds engraved by A. Lawson. 4 vols., 4to, and folio, 

 half red levant, uncut. New York, Collins and Co., 

 and Philadelphia, Harrison Hall, 1828-1829. 



First Edition of Ord's Wilson. In it the species are rear- 

 ranged in systematic order, with synonymy and references to the 

 plates. The text appears to be that of the original in full, and 

 many notes, some of them signed "G. Ord," are interpolated. 

 Large-paper copy. 



WILSON, ALEXANDER. American Ornithol- 

 ogy; or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United 

 States. With a continuation by Charles L. Bonaparte. 

 The Illustrative Notes and Life of Wilson by Sir Wil- 

 liam J ardine. Portrait of Wilson on India paper and 

 97 colored plates by Lizars containing over 400 illustra- 

 tions of Birds. 3 vols., 8vo, original half green morocco, 

 gilt tops, uncut. London, Whittaker and Co., 1832. 



First English edition of Wilson's Ornithology. One of the 

 scarce original copies with the backgrounds of the plates colored. 



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