Studer's Popular Ornithology: The Birds of North America (bound with) Ornithology; Or, the Science of Birds. From the Text of Dr. Brehm, with Two Hundred and Twelve Illustrations (by Jasper)

Columbus, OH: Jacob H. Studer & Co., 1878. Hardbound. Sturdy black library buckram. 182 pp with 119 interleaved, tissue-guarded color lithographed plates, followed by an extensive index of 8pp. This is followed, then by the second book listed above described as follows: Title-page, blank verso, 2 pp. Contents, 2 pp. Index of Illustrations, 41 full-page color plates interleaved within 156 pp. of text. Overall VG, with the notable and large exception of the blindstamps on every single color plate. Ink stamp to top and bottom of text block. Sold as a reference copy only, not as a collectible book. Overall the blindstamps are quite well hidden in the background and not noticable upon the initial viewing of the plates. Most have to be examined in detail before even seeing these blindstamps. Item #125400

The second book was also published by Studer in 1878. It seems as if these two volumes were intended to form a set, based on what I see in other entries and descriptions. It also seems as if this first printing from 1878 has the superior presentation of color plates compared to the later editions. Get this one as a superb reference set.

Price: $700.00

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