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WILSON, ALEXANDER; and BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIAN. American Ornithology; or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States. Engraved portrait frontispiece and 97 hand-colored engraved plates (numbered 1-76; 1-21), mostly heightened with gum arabic. 3 volumes. 8vo, 8 1/2x5 1/2 inches, contemporary full calf with Trinity College, Cambridge gilt armorial stamp placed centrally to each board, nicely rebacked with richly gilt spines, later endpapers and pastedowns, extremities rubbed; very light scattered spotting but with strong original hand-coloring. London and Edinburgh, 1832
