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The History of birds. : [Two lines from Genesis].

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870, engraver.
Series:
Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 44327.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Birds.
Animal welfare.
Genre:
Juvenile literature -- 1818.
Chapbooks -- 1818.
Physical Description:
2 unnumbered pages, 29 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 11 cm
Place of Publication:
New-York: : Samuel Wood & Sons, no. 261, Pearl-Street. And Samuel S. Wood & Co. no. 212, Market-st. Baltimore., 1818.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
Contents:
Ostrich
Jackdaw
Canary-bird
Falcon
Goldfinch
Roller
Penguin
Kite
Nightingale
Thrush
Gull
Yellow-bird
Quail
Wren.
Notes:
Introduction, verso of title page, promotes the humane treatment of birds.
Title vignette signed: A [i.e., Alexander Anderson].
Page [1], 1st count, and p. [30] blank; pasted to wrapper.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 44327).
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Restricted for use by site license.

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