American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States
London, Paris & New York: Cassell Petter & Galpin [Chatto & Windus], n.d. [but 1858-1877]. First Edition thus [from 1808]. Half-Morocco. A superb 3-volume British edition of this classic American bird book, the “first major scientific work published in the United States” (Burtt and Davis, p. 333), here in its..... more