Description:
Wilson, Alexander (1766-1813) American Ornithology. London: Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, [n.d.].
Three octavo volumes, illustrated with colored plates throughout, uniform half green morocco bindings water damaged on the red cloth boards, affecting endleaves and some preliminaries.
[with] Lloyd's The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of Sweden and Norway, London: Warne, 1867, illustrated.[and] Wyndham's Wild Life on the Fjelds of Norway, London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861, illustrated, three-quarter red morocco, t.e.g. (5)
Estimate $500-700
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