Bonaparte, Charles Lucian (1803-1857) American Ornithology; or the Natural History of the Birds Inhabiting the United States, Not Given

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Bonaparte, Charles Lucian (1803-1857) American Ornithology; or the Natural History of the Birds Inhabiting the United States, Not Given by Wilson. Philadelphia: by Samuel Augustus Mitchell, sold by Anthony Finley; William Brown, Printer, 1825-1828. Three folio volumes, illustrated with twenty-one full page hand-colored engravings; bound in uniform contemporary half red sheepskin, bindings quite worn, ex library copies, with stamp of Worcester Free Public Library at the foot of pages 59 in each volume (all text pages); penciled shelf numbers on versos of titles, card pockets (or remnants) pasted onto back pastedowns with "withdrawn" stamps; spotting, offsetting to tissue guards, foxing to some titles and text, a leaf or two torn and repaired, 15 x 11 1/4 in. (3)
Estimate $1,000-1,500


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