Lot 313
Wilson, Alexander
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 31 August 2016 at 12:00 BST
£625
Description
American Ornithology, or the Natural History of the Birds of the United States. Edinburgh: Stirling & Kenney, 1832. 3 volumes, 8vo., engraved frontispiece and 97 plates, contemporary green half morocco, spines with raised bands, gilt lettering direct to spines, t.e.g. , frontispiece and title of vol. 1 spotted, minor dust soiling to one or two plates with very infrequent spotting, some light off-setting from plates onto text, Latin names to most of the birds added in a very small neat contemporary hand