Record American ornithology, or, The natural history of birds inhabiting the United States, not given by Wilson : with figures drawn, engraved, and coloured, from nature / by Charles Lucian Bonaparte | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution

American ornithology, or, The natural history of birds inhabiting the United States, not given by Wilson : with figures drawn, engraved, and coloured, from nature / by Charles Lucian Bonaparte

Illustrator:: Peale, Titian Ramsay 1799-1885 Search this; Rider, A. Search this

Physical description:: 3 volumes, 21 leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 41 cm

Notes:: This set apparently issued without the volume 4 that was published in Philadelphia by Carey & Lea.; Volumes 2 & 3 have imprint: Philadelphia, Carey, Lea & Carey, 1828. All three volumes were printed by William Brown.; Plates signed: drawn from nature by Titian R. Peale and A. Rider; engraved by Alexander Lawson.; A handwritten note in ink, signed C.W.R. [i.e. Charles W. Richmond], is inserted on a slip of paper just before title page of volume 1.; Stamp on title page: Smithsonian Libraries, Jun. 01, 1987.; Embossed stamp: Smithsonian Institution National Museum; accession no.: 165908 (volumes 1-3).; Black buckram library binding.