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American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States / by Alexander Wilson and Charles Lucian Bonaparte ; illustrated with plates, engraved and colored from original drawings from nature ; with a sketch of the life of Wilson by George Ord and a classification of the genera and species of American birds, by Spencer F. Baird.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection 598.2 W691 v.1-3
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Birds--United States.
- Birds.
- United States.
- Penn Provenance:
- Miller, Caroline (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 3 volumes ; 27 cm & atlas
- Other Title:
- Natural history of the birds of the United States
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Porter & Coates, [between 1870 and 1879?]
- Notes:
- "Sketch of the author's life": v. 1, p. xi-cxxxii.
- "Catalogue of North American birds" by Spencer F. Baird, originally issued by the Smithsonian Institution, 1858: v. 3, p. i-xvi.
- Local Notes:
- Atlas: 45 cm.
- OCLC:
- 5121889
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