Oct 02, 2012 - Sale 2287

Sale 2287 - Lot 340

Price Realized: $ 1,320
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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(NATURAL HISTORY.) Wilson, Alexander; and Charles Lucien Bonaparte. American Ornithology. 97 hand-colored plates, frontispiece portrait. 3 volumes. 8vo, modern 1/4 calf; moderate foxing and offsetting; uncut; inked library stamp on first free endpaper, faint embossed library stamps on title pages. London, 1832
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Wilson's pioneering work is extended with the material from Bonaparte's first three volumes, a biography and editorial notes by William Jardine, and plates re-engraved by William H. Lizars. One of the birds was originally drawn by Audubon (illustrated). Sabin 104598; Zimmer, page 683.