Jun 03, 2014 - Sale 2352

Sale 2352 - Lot 194

Price Realized: $ 1,088
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(BIRDS.) Wilson, Alexander; and Bonaparte, Charles Lucien. American Ornithology. 97 hand-colored plates, engraved frontispiece portrait. 3 volumes. 8vo, 19th century red calf gilt, rubbed at extremities; minor offsetting. Ink ownership inscription "E. E. Butler" on first free endpaper. London, 1832
Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details

The 1832 'Jardine Edition' of Wilson's pioneering work is extended with the material from Bonaparte's first three volumes, a biography and editorial notes by Sir William Jardine, and plates re-engraved by William H. Lizars. One of the birds was originally drawn by Audubon. Sabin 104598; Zimmer, page 683.