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Verlag: Philadelphia. Porter & Coates, 1871
Anbieter: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Kanada
Hardcover. sm4to, 25.5cm, in 3 volumes, cxxxii,214 & 390 & viii,xvi,9-426pp., original green cloth, leather spine labels, gilt titles, the upper cover of volume three is heavily damp stained and slight dished, affecting the first few pages (3/4), the set would otherwise be fine (sgc). - Contains a biography of Alexander Wilson, and then detailed information of each species.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1831
Anbieter: Mats Rehnström Rare Books SVAF, ILAB, Stockholm, Schweden
Zustand: Very Good. Edinburgh, A. Shortreed, 1831. 8vo. Engraved portrait,XCVI,271 pp. & 1 engraved plate + engraved frontispiece,(2),IX,(3 blank),334 pp. + engraved frontispiece,VIII,320 pp. + lithographed frontispiece,(2),X,362,(2) pp. With illustrations in text. Four volumes, uncut in contemporary plum publisher's cloth, with black title labels lettered in gilt. Spines sunned, extremities bumped and worn with some tears along joints and at head and tail of spines. Endpapers with wax residue. Covers sunned, all four volumes a little shaken, inner hinges cracked on volumes I and II. Gutter exposed between pp. 112-113 in part II. Some occasional light browning and staining, notably the inner margin of pp. 46-47 of part I and at the tail of pp. 94-102 of part II. With the initials "C. R. A. A." embossed at tails, the signature of Théophile Bisschop of Malines, Belgium, Foyle's bookseller stamp, and from the library of Gunnar Brusewitz. Nissen Die illustrierten Vogelbücher 994. Zimmer Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library II:682. Wood An introduction to the literature of vertebrate zoology 630 calling for a preliminary leaf in volume I, possibly due to another preliminary from volume II or IV being placed there, since Wood does not call for the unpaginated preliminaries in those volumes. Sabin A dictionary of books relating to America 104598, note. The first three volumes are devoted to a reprint of Wilson's "American Ornithology", first published 1808-1814, and here with additional editorial comments by Jameson. A sketch of the life of Wilson by W. Hetherington is given in volume I. The fourth part contains a reprint of the first three volumes of Bonaparte's "American Ornithology" (1825-1833). On pp. 241-244 is a catalogue of the species described and figured by Audubon in his "Ornithological Biography" (1831-1839) and "Birds of America" (1827-1838). The work forms volumes LXVIII-LXXI of "Constable's Miscellany". Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) was a Scottish ornithologist and poet, who emigrated to the US in 1794. In 1802 he decided to publish a book that would illustrate all of the North American birds, and thus travelled widely, observing and painting birds, and gathering subscribers for the coming book. The nine-volume work "American Ornithology" illustrated 268 species, including descriptions of 26 new species. His 1810 meeting with Audubon probably inspired Audubon to publish his own work. Wilson also influenced many later artists and ornithologists. The nephew of Emperor Napoleon, Charles Lucian Bonaparte (1803-1857), was also a noted ornithologist. He discovered a new species of warbler which he later named after Alexander Wilson. Each volume has an illustrated title page with depictions of the scarlet ibis, the bald eagle, the wild turkey, and the night hawk. Volume I has a frontispiece portrait of Wilson.
Verlag: SWING, 2015
ISBN 10: 1298915945ISBN 13: 9781298915948
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original w.
Verlag: Edinburgh, London, printed for Constable and Co.; and Hurst, Chance, and Co., 1831
Anbieter: Augusta-Antiquariat GbR, Diedorf OT Biburg, Deutschland
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1st printing. 4 volumes complete but without colored bird engravings. 14,5x9 cm. Hardcover. Original full leather but damaged: most of the covers are lose and 3 covers are missing. Leather strongly rubbed. Nice, colorful book end papers. Inside with some browning and foxing around the engraved portrait and title engravings. Otherwise pages predominantly clean. There are no colored bird engravings in these volumes! Vol. I: Frontispiece - Portrait engraving of Alexander Wilson, engraved title with and eagle. XCVI, Notice and Memoir of Alexander Wilson, 271 p., 1 sheet. Content: Order I, Accipitres, Linnaeus; Order II, Passeres, Linnaeus. Vol. II: Engraved title with a Hawk. IX, 334 p. Content: Order II continued, Passeres, Linnaeus; Order III, Gallinae, Linneaus. Vol. III: Engraved title with a few Scarlet Ibis. VIII, 320 p. Content: Order IV, Gallinae, Linnaeus; Order V, anseres, Linnaeus; Synonyms on Names given to the different Birds, in Wilsons's Am. Ornith., by Travellers and Naturalists. Vol. IV: Engraved title with two turkeys. X, 362 p. Content: Bonapartes American Ornithology, Order I, Accipitres, Linnaeus, Order II, Passeres, Linnaeus. Synonyms on Names given to the different birds in Bonapartes Am. Orn. by Travellers and Naturalists.
Verlag: WENTWORTH PR, 2016
ISBN 10: 1360234691ISBN 13: 9781360234694
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.
Verlag: WENTWORTH PR, 2016
ISBN 10: 1360231870ISBN 13: 9781360231877
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Zustand: New.
Verlag: WENTWORTH PR, 2016
ISBN 10: 1360234705ISBN 13: 9781360234700
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Gebunden. Zustand: New.
Verlag: WENTWORTH PR, 2016
ISBN 10: 1360231889ISBN 13: 9781360231884
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Zustand: New.
Verlag: Whittaker, Treacher, & Arnot., London, 1832
Anbieter: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Kanada
Calf boards backed in morocco. Uppers with blind framing and Trinity College (Cambridge) gilt stamps. Spines with 5 raised bands, gilt lettering in compartments 2, 3, and 5, remaining decorated in gilt with 3 different bird motifs stamped in gilt. Gilt dentelles. Marbled pasted and free endpapers. All edges gilt. , Regarded as the greatest American ornithologist before Audubon, Alexander Wilson (1766 ?1813) was a Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, naturalist, and illustrator. George Ord dubbed him the ?Father of American Ornithology?, Size : 8vo. (220 x 145 mm). , Very good example of this set, complete in 3 volumes. Complete with 98 brightly handcoloured plates, including frontispiece of Wilson in vol I, lovely handcoloured bird frontispieces in vols II and III. Illustrations are dynamic and expressive, depicting birds hunting or with kill (including other birds), with young, in flight, etc. Vol I front hinge split after title., Volume : 3 volumes, [Vol I] Blank (2). Half title. Blank (2). Frontispiece. Title. Printer?s imprint. Contents (v-vii. Blank. Life of Alexander Wilson (ix-cvii). Blank (2). Pp. 1-408 pp. Blank (2). [Vol II] Blank (2). Half title. Blank (2). Frontispiece. Title. Printer?s imprint. Contents (iii-vii). Blank. Pp. 1-390. Blank (2) [Vol III] Blank (3). Frontispiece. Title. Printer?s imprint. Contents (iii-viii). Pp. 1-521. Blank (3).