Item #183614 A Book of ornithology, : For youth. : Embracing Descriptions of the Most Interesting and Remarkable Birds in all Countries, with Particular Notices of American Birds. : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings. M. Lawrence Libbey, Samuel G. Goodrich, P, George Washington Appleton, George Loring Brown, John C. Crossman, John Downes.
A Book of ornithology, : For youth. : Embracing Descriptions of the Most Interesting and Remarkable Birds in all Countries, with Particular Notices of American Birds. : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings.
A Book of ornithology, : For youth. : Embracing Descriptions of the Most Interesting and Remarkable Birds in all Countries, with Particular Notices of American Birds. : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings.

A Book of ornithology, : For youth. : Embracing Descriptions of the Most Interesting and Remarkable Birds in all Countries, with Particular Notices of American Birds. : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings.

Boston: William Hyde and Co., 1832. Hardcover. 3/4 cloth marbled boards. Gilt lettering on spine. xii, [1], 14-322 p. Illustrations. G Front and back cover seperated from spine. Cover has fading and edge wear. Spine has tearing and fading. Bookblock and intertior pages have foxing and age toning. Rear endpages missing. Some interior pages are torn. Several interior pages have wrting from prevous owners. Item #183614

"This little work is offered as an introduction to this attractive and useful study. It pretends to no other merit than that of being a correct compilation, generally from Buffon, Bewick or Wilson; though occasionally, it has been indebted to the recent beautiful work of Mr. Audubon"--Introduction.

OCLC: 950907960

Price: $35.00