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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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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Portfolio 598.2 W691 v.4 (atlas)
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813.
Contributor:
Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857.
Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887.
Ord, George, 1781-1866.
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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