American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States : illustrated with plates engraved and coloured from original drawings taken from nature
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American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States : illustrated with plates engraved and coloured from original drawings taken from nature
- by
- Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Ord, George, 1781-1866; Lawson, Alexander, 1773-1846, engraver; Tucker, Marcia Brady, former owner. DSI
- Publication date
- 1828
- Topics
- Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813, Birds, Birds, Birds
- Publisher
- New York : Published by Collins & Co. ; Philadelphia : Harrison Hall
- Collection
- biodiversity
- Contributor
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Language
- English
- Volume
- v.2 (1828)
Vols. 1-2 published in 1828, v. 3 and atlas in 1829
Atlas has title: American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States : plates engraved and coloured from original drawings taken from nature / by Alexander Wilson. Statement of responsibility precedes the word "Plates."
"The first new edition of Wilson's entire work (1808-14 ...), arranged in the systematic sequence of the species, not in the irregular order of the original"--Ayer Library, v.2, p. 681
Vol. 1: cxcix, [1], 230, [2] p.; v. 2: vi, [9]-456 p.; v. 3: vi, 396 p
"The hand-colored drawings in the Atlas are from the original copper-plates ..."--Ayer Lib., p. 682
"The original plates, engraved under the eye of Wilson, are employed in this edition, after having been carefully examined and retouched by Mr. Alexander Lawson, by whom most of them were executed"--Editor's preface to v. 1, p. vi
"Sketch of the author's life," by George Ord: v. 1, p. [ix]-cxcix
Includes bibliographical references and index
Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Library
Nissen, C. Die illustrierten Vogelbücher
extracted picklist
SCNHRB has two copies; c. 2 incomplete, lacking the atlas of plates
SCNHRB c. 1 (39088016462202, -2244, -2285, -2327) has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Gift of Marcia Brady Tucker. Wtih the pencilled Tucker collational notes
SCNHRB c. 1 three-quarters bound in modern light brown leather and cloth boards, titles and vignettes of birds stamped in gilt on spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers
SCNHRB c. 2 (39088016462368, -2400, -2442) three-quarters bound in modern dark brown leather and cloth boards, titles and vignettes of birds stamped in gilt on spine, top edge gilt
Atlas has title: American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States : plates engraved and coloured from original drawings taken from nature / by Alexander Wilson. Statement of responsibility precedes the word "Plates."
"The first new edition of Wilson's entire work (1808-14 ...), arranged in the systematic sequence of the species, not in the irregular order of the original"--Ayer Library, v.2, p. 681
Vol. 1: cxcix, [1], 230, [2] p.; v. 2: vi, [9]-456 p.; v. 3: vi, 396 p
"The hand-colored drawings in the Atlas are from the original copper-plates ..."--Ayer Lib., p. 682
"The original plates, engraved under the eye of Wilson, are employed in this edition, after having been carefully examined and retouched by Mr. Alexander Lawson, by whom most of them were executed"--Editor's preface to v. 1, p. vi
"Sketch of the author's life," by George Ord: v. 1, p. [ix]-cxcix
Includes bibliographical references and index
Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Library
Nissen, C. Die illustrierten Vogelbücher
extracted picklist
SCNHRB has two copies; c. 2 incomplete, lacking the atlas of plates
SCNHRB c. 1 (39088016462202, -2244, -2285, -2327) has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Gift of Marcia Brady Tucker. Wtih the pencilled Tucker collational notes
SCNHRB c. 1 three-quarters bound in modern light brown leather and cloth boards, titles and vignettes of birds stamped in gilt on spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers
SCNHRB c. 2 (39088016462368, -2400, -2442) three-quarters bound in modern dark brown leather and cloth boards, titles and vignettes of birds stamped in gilt on spine, top edge gilt
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- Addeddate
- 2017-06-29 14:34:39
- Associated-names
- Ord, George, 1781-1866; Lawson, Alexander, 1773-1846, engraver; Tucker, Marcia Brady, former owner
- Call number
- 39088016462400
- Camera
- Canon 5D
- External-identifier
- urn:oclc:record:1039496044
- Foldoutcount
- 0
- Identifier
- americanornithol21828wils
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t98684k3k
- Identifier-bib
- 39088016462400
- Invoice
- 29
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- 0.0.21
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- Page_number_confidence
- 96
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- 1.0.3
- Pages
- 476
- Possible copyright status
- Not in copyright. The BHL knows of no copyright restrictions on this item.
- Ppi
- 350
- References
- Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Library, p. 681-682; Nissen, C. Die illustrierten Vogelbücher, no. 992
- Republisher_date
- 20170629165715
- Republisher_operator
- associate-daniel-euphrat@archive.org
- Scandate
- 20170629145341
- Scanner
- scribe1.washingtondc.archive.org
- Scanningcenter
- washingtondc
- Title_id
- 103898
- Worldcat (source edition)
- 3589490
- Full catalog record
- MARCXML
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