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WILSON, ALEXANDER. American Ornithology. [with Supplement.] 76 hand-colored engraved plates. Nine volumes. Folio, 13 1/2x10 3/4 inches, near-contemporary calf, rebacked with edges restored (volumes II & III spines rebacked upside down); very few text leaves with clean tears, possibly cleaned, plates generally nice, few trimmed inside platemark not affecting image, few bound close to image possibly affecting image. Volume VI with light dampstain at top edge. Supplement bound before last section of plates in volume IX. Perforated and ink stamps of the Portland Public Library on titles and few text leaves. Philadelphia, 1808-1814, 1825
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