American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States
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American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States
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- Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Gordon, John Watson-, Sir, 1788-1864, ill; Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857; Jardine, William, 1800-1874; Ord, George, 1781-1866; Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, engraver; Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885, ill; Rider, A., ill; Chanler, Robert Winthrop, 1872-1930, former owner. DSI; Tucker, Marcia Brady, former owner. DSI
- Publication date
- 1832
- Topics
- Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813, Birds, Birds
- Publisher
- London : Whittaker, Treacher & Arnot; Edinburgh, Stirling & Kenney
- Collection
- biodiversity
- Contributor
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Language
- English
- Volume
- v.2 (1832)
"Vols. 1, pp. 1-408, vol. II and vol. III, to p. 257, contain a reprint of Wilson's original 'American ornithology,' 1808-14, including vol. IX by Ord, with the voluminous notes by Jardine; vol. III, pp. 259-507, contains a reprint of the first three volumes (all then published) of Bonaparte's 'American ornithology,' 1825-33, under the subtitle of 'Continuation of Wilson's American ornithology."--Zimmer, p. 683
Plates signed: (in main work) drawn from nature by A. Wilson; engraved by W.H. Lizars; [port.] painted by John Watson Gordon; (in continuation) drawn from nature by Titian R. Peale; drawn from nature by A. Rider; engraved by W.H. Lizars
"Edinburgh: printed by Andrew Shortreed)"--Verso of t.p. in v. 1 and v. 2; "Edinburgh: printed by Ballantyne and Company"--Colophon of "Continuation", v. 3, p. [259]-507
"Continuation of Wilson's American ornithology by Charles Lucian Bonaparte": v.3, p. [259]-507
Collation: v.1. cvii, 408 p., unnumbered port. frontispiece, plates 1-27; v.2. vii, 390 p., plates 28-60; v.3. viii, 523 p., plates 61-76 and 1-21 (numbering starts anew for plates in the "Continuation")
Hand-colored illustrations
Some copies are bound with 16 p. of publisher's advertisements at end of v. 3 (present in CHMRB copy only)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Zimmer, J.T. Ayer lib.
Anker, J. Bird books
Nissen, C. Illustrierten Vogelbucher
Sabin
extracted picklist
conserved; repaired
CHMRB has 1 copy; SCNHRB has 2 copies
CHMRB copy (v.1, 39088009904251; v.2, 39088009904202; v.3, 39088009904343) has bookplate: Robert W. Chanler bequest, 1933. Accession nos.: 8204-8206
CHMRB copy has laid in: [1] p. of penciled notes, in an unknown hand, concerning the bibliography of bird books
CHMRB copy had conservation treatment supported by a FY2013 grant from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund
CHMRB copy has later burgundy moire silk binding with black leather spine; gilt-lettered spine label; in later archival paperboard portfolios
SCNHRB c.1 (v.1, 39088009904285; v.2, 39088009904046; v.3, 39088009904087; v.4 (plates) 39088009904038) is bound in 4 v., with all of the plates collected together in v. 4
SCNHRB c.1 is imperfect: plates 1, 5, 9, 11, and 51 of the main work are wanting. Some pages are clumsily repaired, affecting text
SCNHRB c.1 has stamp: Smithsonian Institution National Museum, Jul. 6, 1915; accession no. 232353. Penciled note on t.p.: Purchased Mrs. N. Hollister
SCNHRB c.1 has green buckram library binding with gilt-lettered spine
SCNHRB c.2 (v.1, 39088009904137; v.2, 39088009904178; v.3, 39088009904319) has the first four numbered plates of v.1 misbound in the following order: 1, 4, 2, 3; plates 40 and 9 (from the "Continuation") are used as frontispieces, respectively, for v.2 and v.3; v.3 lacks the 16 p. of publisher's advertisements
SCNHRB c. 2 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Gift of Marcia Brady Tucker; with Mrs. Tucker's collation note on t.p
SCNHRB c. 2 has modern gilt-tooled blue half-morocco binding with blue cloth-covered boards; raised bands; top-edge gilt
Plates signed: (in main work) drawn from nature by A. Wilson; engraved by W.H. Lizars; [port.] painted by John Watson Gordon; (in continuation) drawn from nature by Titian R. Peale; drawn from nature by A. Rider; engraved by W.H. Lizars
"Edinburgh: printed by Andrew Shortreed)"--Verso of t.p. in v. 1 and v. 2; "Edinburgh: printed by Ballantyne and Company"--Colophon of "Continuation", v. 3, p. [259]-507
"Continuation of Wilson's American ornithology by Charles Lucian Bonaparte": v.3, p. [259]-507
Collation: v.1. cvii, 408 p., unnumbered port. frontispiece, plates 1-27; v.2. vii, 390 p., plates 28-60; v.3. viii, 523 p., plates 61-76 and 1-21 (numbering starts anew for plates in the "Continuation")
Hand-colored illustrations
Some copies are bound with 16 p. of publisher's advertisements at end of v. 3 (present in CHMRB copy only)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Zimmer, J.T. Ayer lib.
Anker, J. Bird books
Nissen, C. Illustrierten Vogelbucher
Sabin
extracted picklist
conserved; repaired
CHMRB has 1 copy; SCNHRB has 2 copies
CHMRB copy (v.1, 39088009904251; v.2, 39088009904202; v.3, 39088009904343) has bookplate: Robert W. Chanler bequest, 1933. Accession nos.: 8204-8206
CHMRB copy has laid in: [1] p. of penciled notes, in an unknown hand, concerning the bibliography of bird books
CHMRB copy had conservation treatment supported by a FY2013 grant from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund
CHMRB copy has later burgundy moire silk binding with black leather spine; gilt-lettered spine label; in later archival paperboard portfolios
SCNHRB c.1 (v.1, 39088009904285; v.2, 39088009904046; v.3, 39088009904087; v.4 (plates) 39088009904038) is bound in 4 v., with all of the plates collected together in v. 4
SCNHRB c.1 is imperfect: plates 1, 5, 9, 11, and 51 of the main work are wanting. Some pages are clumsily repaired, affecting text
SCNHRB c.1 has stamp: Smithsonian Institution National Museum, Jul. 6, 1915; accession no. 232353. Penciled note on t.p.: Purchased Mrs. N. Hollister
SCNHRB c.1 has green buckram library binding with gilt-lettered spine
SCNHRB c.2 (v.1, 39088009904137; v.2, 39088009904178; v.3, 39088009904319) has the first four numbered plates of v.1 misbound in the following order: 1, 4, 2, 3; plates 40 and 9 (from the "Continuation") are used as frontispieces, respectively, for v.2 and v.3; v.3 lacks the 16 p. of publisher's advertisements
SCNHRB c. 2 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Gift of Marcia Brady Tucker; with Mrs. Tucker's collation note on t.p
SCNHRB c. 2 has modern gilt-tooled blue half-morocco binding with blue cloth-covered boards; raised bands; top-edge gilt
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- Addeddate
- 2017-08-02 17:36:11
- Associated-names
- Gordon, John Watson-, Sir, 1788-1864, ill; Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857; Jardine, William, 1800-1874; Ord, George, 1781-1866; Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, engraver; Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885, ill; Rider, A., ill; Chanler, Robert Winthrop, 1872-1930, former owner; Tucker, Marcia Brady, former owner
- Call number
- 39088009904046
- Camera
- Canon 5D
- External-identifier
- urn:oclc:record:1039511205
- Foldoutcount
- 0
- Identifier
- americanornithol21832wils
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- ark:/13960/t41s2s228
- Identifier-bib
- 39088009904046
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- 29
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- Pages
- 410
- Possible copyright status
- Not in copyright. The BHL knows of no copyright restrictions on this item.
- Ppi
- 500
- References
- Zimmer, J.T. Ayer lib., 683-684; Anker, J. Bird books, 534; Nissen, C. Illustrierten Vogelbucher, 996; Sabin 104598 (note)
- Republisher_date
- 20170802201536
- Republisher_operator
- associate-daniel-euphrat@archive.org
- Scandate
- 20170802185342
- Scanner
- scribe1.washingtondc.archive.org
- Scanningcenter
- washingtondc
- Title_id
- 443066
- Worldcat (source edition)
- 716920
- Full catalog record
- MARCXML
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