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1840. WILSON, A. (ed. BREWER, T. M.) Wilson's | American Ornithology, | 

 with | notes by Jardine : | to which is added | A synopsis of Ameri- 

 can Birds, | including those described | by | Bonaparte, Audubon, 

 Nuttall, and | Richardson ; j by T. M. Brewer. | | Boston : | Otis, 

 Broaders, and Company. | | 1840. 1 vol. 12mo. pp. viii, 746, pll. 

 (not numbered), figg. 315 on the pll., and a few woodcc. in text. 



Out of print for several years, and now rather scarce. The only American 

 edition of Wilson except the original and one other (ORD's). The original text 

 and nomenclature are followed, with interpolation of the nomenclature and com- 

 mentary of .Jardine. The illustrations are the originals, but uncolored, and so 

 greatly reduced that three of Wilson's 4to plates generally constitute one 

 plate of the present 12mo edition ; the pll. are not numbered, but the numera- 

 tion of the individual figg. is consecutive, 1-315 ; figg. 316, 317, 318, 322, are wood- 

 cuts in text. The special feature of the edition is the editor's synopsis of the 

 Birds of North America (pp. 682-746), 491 spp. ; those aot givue by Wilson 

 being briefly described, with additional biographical items in many cases. The 

 classification and nomenclature of this synopsis are 1839 Audubonian. 



There is another issue of this work, " 8vo, Now York, 1852 ". Communicat- 

 ing with the editor, respecting this issue, not seen by me, I am informed by 

 him that " when Weeks and Jordan failed the plates were bought by some per- 

 sons in New York and a cheap edition was printed and sold for awhile ; it was 

 identically the same." 



1840-43. MAXIMILIEN, PRINCE DE WIED-NEUWIED. Voyage | dans Pinte'- 

 rieur | de | I'Amdrique du Nord, | exe'cute' pendant les anne*es 1832, 

 1833 et 1834, | par | le prince Maximilien de Wied-Neuwied. | Ou- 

 vrage | accompagndd'un Atlas de 80 planches environ, | format demi- 

 colombier, | dessinees sur les lieux | par M. Charles Bodmer, | et | 

 grave"es par les plus habiles artistes de Paris etdeLondres. | | Tome 

 premier [deuxieme, troisieme]. | | Paris, | chez Arthus Bertrand, 

 e*diteur, | Libraire de la Socie'te' de Geographic de Paris, | et de la 

 Soci6t6 royale des antiquaires du Nord, | Rue Hautefeuille, 25. | | 

 1840 [1841, 1843]. 3 vols. 8vo. Vol. 1, 1840, 2 p. 11., pp. 383. Vol. II, 

 1841, 2 p. 11., pp. 487. Vol. Ill, 1843, 2 p. 11., pp. 407, deux cartes. 



Dans cette 6dition frangaise, ls notes zoologiques originalement affix6es anx 

 chapitres sont reunies au fin du tome III. 



1840-44. AUDUBON, J. J. The | Birds of America, | from | drawings made 

 in the United States | and their Territories. | By John James Audu- 

 bon, F. R. SS. L. & E. | [etc. etc.] | | Vol. I [-VII]. | | New 

 York: | published by J. J. Audubon. | Philadelphia: | J.B. Cheva- 

 lier. | 1840 [-1844]. 7 vols. large 8vo. Vol. 1, 1840, pp. i-viii, 9-256, 

 pll. 1-70. Vol. II, 1841, pp. i-viii, 9-205, pll. 71-140. Vol. Ill, 1841, 

 pp. i-viii, 9-233, pll. 141-210. Vol. IV, 1842, pp. i-viii, 9-321, + 1 1., 

 pll. 21 1-280. Vol. V, 1842, pp. i-viii, 9-346, + 11., pll. 281-350. Vol. 

 VI, 1843, pp. i-viii, 9-457, + 1 1., pll. 351-420. Vol. VII, 1844, pp. 

 i-ix, 9-371, -f 1 1., pll. 421-500. 



This is the first 8vo ed., which may be distinguished from subsequent 8vo re- 

 issues by the different dates of the vols.. number of vols., allotment of plates to 

 each vol., the double imprint (Chevalier's name not in vols. vi and vii), and 

 other particulars above given. There are several later 8vo issues, some of a 

 different number of vols., some without plates, some not dated. Seo 1856, 1856 

 again, 1861, 1861 again, 18C5, and 1871. The present is the only 8vo ed. published 

 by the author himself; it was issued in 100 parts, to be bound in 7 vols., at the 

 dates above given. Since "Audubon " was reduced to this 8vo shape, there has 

 been no material change in the text of his work, no matter what changes in the 



