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American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States : illustrated with plates, engraved and colored from original drawings from nature
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- by Alexander Wilson and Charles Lucian Bonaparte ; with a sketch of the life of Wilson, by George Ord, F.L.S., and a classification of the genera and species of American birds, by Spencer F. Baird, of the Smithsonian Institution
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- At head of title: Wilson and Bonaparte
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- Bonaparte's Ornithology
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- English
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- Philadelphia : Porter & Coates, [1871] (Philadelphia : Caxton Press of Sherman & Co. ; [Philadelphia] : Stereotyped by Mears & Dusenbery)
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- 3 volumes : illustrations ; 27 cm + 2 atlas volumes (76, 27 leaves of plates : all color illustrations ; 46 cm)
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- ocm05121889, ocm05121889
- "A composite reprint, consisting of the Ord (1828-29) edition of Wilson's text, including Ord's biography of the author, and (vol. III, pp. 135-408) Bonaparte's American ornithology, 1825-33, vols. I-IV, with the prefaces to the first three volumes. A combined index is given at the close of the work .... Vol. I, pp i-xvi contains a 'Catalogue of North American birds' by Baird, reprinted from the 1859 8vo edition of the original matter first published in vol. IX of the 'Pacific railroad surveys' (reprint erroneously credited to Oc. 1858) ..." --J.T. Zimmer, Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer ornithological library, page 686.
- "The atlas of plates accompanying this edition is in 2 vols. folio, each separately entitled, and both titles are different from that of the vols. of text, so that they will doubtless yet be found quoted in catalogues as different works" --E. Coues, Miscellaneous publications of the U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories, number 11, pages 688-689.
- "Sketch of the author's life": volume 1, pages xi-cxxxii.
- "Catalogue of North American birds" by Spencer F. Baird, originally issued by the Smithsonian Institution, 1858: volume 3, pages i-xvi.
- "Caxton Press of Sherman & Co., Philadelphia; stereotyped by Mears & Dusenbery"--Verso of title page.
- Volume 2 of the atlas has half-title: Bonaparte's Ornithology. Plates.
- Plates illustrated by Alexander Wilson and engraved by A. Lawson; accompanied by blank guard sheets.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Nissen, C. Illustrierten Vogelbücher, 997
- Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Library, page 686
- Coues, E. Miscellaneous publications of the U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories, number 11, pages 688-689
- Volumes 1-3 (but not the atlas) are also available on the Internet from the HathiTrust website.