(BIRDS) Wilson Alexander American Ornithology; of The Natura

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(BIRDS.) Wilson, Alexander. American Ornithology; of, The Natural History or the Birds of the United States. 76 hand-colored engraved plates by various artists after Wilson. 9 volumes. Folio, 343x248 mm, later 19th-century 1/2 red morocco gilt by N. G. Hawley of Rochester, N.Y., with his tickets, varying wear to spine ends, raised bands, and cover edges and corners; some toning and foxing of text, plates variously foxed or browned with occasional minor marginal dampstains, heavily offsetting onto the adjacent leaves throughout, clean tear across 2N1-2 in Volume 1 with small piece missing from blank outer margin, small pieces torn from blank margins of a few other leaves in Volumes 6 and 9. Philadelphia, 1808-14

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first edition. First state of pages iv (with preface dated October 1st, 1808) and 33 (with line 23 ending "Tho is is believed") in Volume 1. Bennett, page 44; Nissen IVB 992.