9. ANDERSON (CHARLES JOHN). Notes on the Birds of 

 '^ Damara Land, and the adjacent Countries of South-west Africa. 



Map. 8vo, cloth. London, 1872 



With presentation inscription from J. H. Gurney (the Editor) to George 

 N. La^\Tence the Ornithologist. 



10. ARNOLD (A. C. L.) and SAMUELS (E. A.). The Living 

 World. Illustrated with numerous colored plates. 2 vols. Imp. 

 8vo, cloth. Boston, 1868 



11. ARTHUR, Marquis of Tweeddale. Ornithological Works. 

 -, AVith a Biographical Sketch of the Author, by William H. Russell. 



^ Portrait. Thick 4to, half dark green morocco. London, 1881 



Printed for Private Circulation. 



12. ASTLEY (HUBERT D.). My Birds in Freedom and Cap- 

 I :;/' ti\ity. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut. New York, 1901 



13. AUDEBERT (J. B.) et VIEILLOT (L. P.). Historic 

 Naturelle et Generale des Colibris, Oiseaux-Mouches, Jacamars et 

 Promerops. Beautifully illustrated witJi 184 colored plates, with 

 the inscriptions in gold. 2 vols, royal folio, contemporary red mo- 

 rocco, emblematic tooling on backs and sides, gilt edges (rubbed). 



Paris, 1802 



Veky scarce. Lakge paper copy. With the rare supplement to the 



Colibris, being plates numbered 65-70. Only 12 copies were issued in 



THIS STATE. 



ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY AUDUBON 



14. AUDUBON (JOHN J.). ^Ubum, containing Two Orig- 

 inal Water-color Drawings by Audubon, designed for his ' ' Birds 

 of America." Inlaid, and bound with an Autograph Letter, signed, 

 to General Houston, President of Texas. Folio, crushed green 

 levant morocco. 



Two exquisite DRAWINGS. The first represents "Bell's Vireo, " and 

 IS initialed and dated by Audubon, Jan. 22, 1844. The other painting 

 represents "Morton's Finch," initialed by Audubon, dated june 8, 

 1844, AND WITH HIS PENCILED NOTE "never before figured." 



Both drawings are remarkable for the delicacy of their coloring and 

 execution. 



Inlaid, is an extremely fine and rare A. L. s., 1 p. folio, from the 

 famous Naturalist to President Houston of Texas, introducing one of his 

 assistants to him, and informing Gen. Houston of his having * ' undertaken 

 in conjunction with my friend the Eeverend John Bachman of Cliarleston, 

 South Carolina, to publish a work incorporating all the Quadrupeds we 

 can procure, along with their Figures or Representations, and again with 

 their Histories" with other interesting particulars. The letter is dated 

 Oct. 19, 1841. 



A fine lithographed portrait of Audubon by D 'Avignon and Brady, ON 

 India paper, is bound up with the two drawings. 



The drawings arc tlie originals of plates 485 and 190 of the published 

 work. 



[SEE frontispiece] 



A FOLIO AUDUBON IN RARE STATE 



15. AUDUBON (JOHN J.). Birds of ^^jnerica, from Original 

 Drawings. 435 magnificent colored plates, repi'esenting the sub- 



