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(BIRDS.) Gilliss, James Melville. The U. S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere. 15 hand-colored lithographed plates of birds, plus additional plates of natural history subjects, Indian antiquities, and 2 maps. Volume 2, only (of 4). 4to, morocco gilt, with the owner's name and a local scene on the front cover; from the library of William L. Marcy, seantor from New York and Secretary of State to Presidents Polk and Pierce. With additional institutional markings in the text and an small excised stamp on the title-page. House issue. Washington, 1855
