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American ornithology; or, The natural history of the birds of the United States. / By Alexander Wilson ; with a continuation by Charles Lucian Bonaparte, Prince of Musignano. The illustrative notes, and life of Wilson, by Sir William Jardine, bart. ... In three volumes.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Dechert Collection AC8 W6912 808w 1832 v.1-3
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Birds--Pictorial works.
- Birds.
- Birds--United States.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Dechert, Robert (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 3 volumes : color illustrations, portrait ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Whittaker, Treacher & Arnot ... ; Edinburgh : Stirling & Kenney ..., 1832.
- Notes:
- Plates in main work by Wilson; in continuation, drawn by Wilson, Titian R. Peale, John J. Audubon, and A. Rider.
- Vol. 1: cvii, [1], 408 p., [28] leaves of plates; v. 2: vii, [1], 390 p., plates 28-60; v. 3: viii, 523, [1] p., plates 61-76, 1-20.
- Includes index.
- Cited in:
- Braislin 857.
- Zimmer, II, 683-85.
- Anker 534.
- Nissen. Vogel 996.
- Sabin 104597.
- OCLC:
- 716920
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