447. American Ornitholog-y. With a continuation by 



Charles L. Bonaparte. The illustrative Notes and Life of Wilson 

 by Sir William Jardine. Portrait of Wilson on India paper and 

 97 colored plates by Lizars containing over 400 iUustra'tions of 

 Birds. 3 vols. 8vo, half green morocco, gilt tops, uncut. 



First English Edition. A very fine copy. London, 1832 



448. 



Wilson's American Ornithology, with Notes by Jar 



dine, to which is added, a Synopsis of American jBirds, includiui;' 

 those described by Bonaparte, Audubon, Nuttall and Richardson. 

 By T. M. Brewer. With 2:") colored plates containing 313 figures 

 of Birds. Thick 12mo, half green morocco. Boston, 1840 



The First Edition edited by Brewer. 



449. WILSON (ALEXANDER) and BONAPARTE (C. L.). 

 American Ornithology ; or, the Natural History of the Birds of the 

 United States. Edited by Robert Jameson. Engraved frontis- 

 pieces. 4 vols. 16mo, cloth (one hinge split), leather labels, uncut. 

 First European Edition of Wilson and Bonaparte. Edinburgh, 1831 



450. Another copy. Engraved titles of "Constable's Mis- 

 cellany" and engraved frontispieces. 4 vols. 16mo, full calf, leather 

 labels, gilt tops. 

 Fine copy. 



Edinburgh, 1831 



451. 



Illustrations of the American Ornithology. With the 



addition of numerous recently discovered Species, and Represen- 

 tations of the whole Sylva of North America. By Captain Thomas 

 Brown. With 124 large plates of Birds ^ all beautifully colored, 

 engraved by Lizars, Scott, Mitchell, and otJiers. Folio, half red 

 morocco, gilt edges. Edinburgh, 1835 



Very rare. No copy in the British Museum Catalogue, nor in the 

 Catalogues of the Advocate's Library of Edinburgh, the Library of Con- 

 gress or Quaritch's General Catalogue. Described by Lowndes and Alli- 

 bone, but unnoticed by Sabin. 



Coues in his Bibliography, quotes the title without ever having seen 

 a copy. 



In this edition 161 Birds have been added by the Editor and 87 Birds 

 have been considerably enlarged. The arrangement adopted is that of 

 Temminck, slightly altered, with the addition of some new genera. 



452. 



American Ornithology; or. The Natural History of 



the Birds of the United States. The illustrative Notes and Life of 

 Wilson by Sir William Jardine. Illustrated with numerous bril- 

 liantly colored plates. 3 vols. 4to, cloth, roan backs, gilt tops, un- 

 cut. London : Chatto and Windus, 1876 

 Large Paper copy. 



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453. American Ornithology; or, the Natural History of 



the Birds of the United States. The Illustrative Notes and Life of 

 Wilson by Sir William Jardine. Illustrated ivith 103 colored plates 

 of Birds. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth, roan backs, gilt tops, uncut. 



New York, 1877 



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