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A history of North American birds by S.F. Baird, T.M. Brewer, and R. Ridgway ; Land birds, illustrated by 64 colored plates and 593 woodcuts

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Author:
Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887  Search this
Former owner:
Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887 DSI  Search this
Ridgway, Robert 1850-1929 DSI  Search this
Swales, Bradshaw Hall 1875- ,- DSI  Search this
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Author:
Brewer, T. M (Thomas Mayo) 1814-1880  Search this
Ridgway, Robert 1850-1929  Search this
Physical description:
3 volumes, [64] leaves of plates illustrations (wood engravings) 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
North America
Date:
1874
Notes:
"The work was also issued with uncoloured plates, and appeared in 1875 with coloured plates, but otherwise in unaltered form."--Anker, page 97
Part 2: Water birds, 2 volumes, published 1884
Plates are hand colored
Title vignettes
Anker, J. Bird books and bird art , number 22
SCNHRB has two copies
SCNHRB copy 1 (39088015712185, 39088015712227, 39088015712268) stamped at head of title pages: S.F. Baird
SCNHRB copy 1 is stamped on title pages: Library of Congress Smithsonian Deposit Feb 12 1879 [handwritten accession number] 98977
SCNHRB copy 1 has occasional handwritten notes in pencil and marks to text
SCNHRB copy 1 bound in brown library buckram, title in gilt on spine, marbled edges
SCNHRB copy 2 (39088015712300, 39088015712342, 39088015712383) is imperfect: lacking half title, title page and preface to each volume, plates; titles supplied in typescript, printed preliminaries of volume 3 bound in following page 356
SCNHRB copy 2 stamped on facsimile title pages: Smithsonian Institution U.S. National Museum Swales Collection [and] Smithsonian Institution U.S. National Museum [handwritten accession number] 274860-2, "gift of B.H. Swales." Inscribed in ink on leaf following title page: B.H. Swales Grosse Isle, Mich. Nov 1 1915
SCNHRB copy 2 inscribed in ink on page [ix] of volume 1, page [1] of volume 2: Robert Ridgway
SCNHRB copy 2 has occasional handwritten markings and notes in pencil and ink in text and some interleaving with blank, lined paper
SCNHRB copy 2 bound in brown library buckram, marbled endpapers, title in gilt on spine
Topic:
Birds  Search this
Oiseaux  Search this
Call number:
QL681 .B16h 1874
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
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