626 Correspondence. [o" t k 



10. Library of Ruthven Deane, Chicago, 111. A fragment, bought of 

 Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, Nov. 1, 1909, consisting of the first five 

 parts of five plates each, in the paper wrappers as issued. One of the 

 wrappers was given by Mr. Deane to Mr. John E. Thayer. 



The fate of the following three copies I have not been able to learn : — 



In Bernard Quaritch's General Catalogue, London, 1880, p. 375, the 

 first six parts of Brown's "Illustrations," consisting of thirty colored 

 plates, royal folio, were offered for sale at £5. 



At a sale of Duke of Sutherland property by Sotheby, Wilkinson and 

 Hodge, London, Nov. 19-24, 1906, a complete copy was sold, royal folio, 

 half morocco, gilt tops, for £7. It was bought by Walford Bros., book- 

 dealers in London, but whether on a private order or not I do not know. 



In N. J. Bartlett's Catalogue No. 64, Boston, November, 1915, a copy 

 was advertised at $170, half morocco, uncut, 123 colored plates (there 

 should be 124). 



This work was issued in parts, each part containing five plates. The 

 first part appeared in 1831, price, 15s., colored, 10s. 6d., plain, for the 

 royal folio edition; £1, 1 s. for the elephant folio. By the time part IX. 

 was published the price per part had risen to £1, Is., colored, 12s. plain, 

 for the regular edition; and to £1, lis., 6d., colored, 15s. plain, for the 

 elephant folio. I know of no copies with plain plates. 



Capt. Brown's "Illustrations of the Game Birds of North America," 

 which is nothing but sixteen plates of the larger work, issued with a differ- 

 ent title-page, dated 1834 (see 'The Auk,' April, 1903, pp. 238-240), is an 

 even scarcer book. I can locate only three copies of it, viz.: — 



1. Library of Walter Faxon, Lexington, Mass. I bought this in a 

 bookshop in Birmingham, June 2, 1902, for £1, 10s. It is bound in cloth, 

 uncut; the plates measure 21| in. X 16| in. It contains the book-plate 

 of C. I. Anderson, and the autograph signature of A. A. Anderson, Stoke 

 Newington. The water-marks on the plates of this copy are dated 1835, 

 indicating that these plates were published a year later than the year on 

 the title-page. 



2. Library of John E. Thayer, Lancaster, Mass. Bought of John 

 Wheldon & Co., London (Cat. 34, 1906, £5, 18s.), by N. J. Bartlett & Co., 

 of Boston, Mass., and sold by the latter to Mr. Thayer. Royal folio, 

 cloth boards. 



3. John Crerar Library, Chicago, 111. For the knowledge of this copy 

 I am indebted to Mr. Ruthven Deane. He informs me that it measures 

 21 in. X 16i in. 



A copy of the "Illustrations of the Game Birds" was listed in R. H. 

 Porter's Catalogue of the late Rev. H. B. Tristram's Library, 1906, £3, 3s., 

 but I do not known where this copy now rests. 



Yours very truly, 



Walter Faxon. 

 Lexington, Mass., August 12, 1919. 



