LOT 34 Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America, FIRST EDITION, Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, [1853]-1856 CASSIN (JOHN)
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CASSIN (JOHN)
Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America, FIRST EDITION, 50 hand-colored lithographed plates by William E. Hitchcock, some after George G. White (approximately 8 shaved with loss to imprint, occasional light spotting), tissue guards, contemporary half calf, red and black gilt morocco spine labels, t.e.g. [Anker 92; Nissen IVB 173; Fine Bird Books, p.85; Wood p 281; Zimmer, pp. 124-5], tall 8vo, Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, [1853]-1856
|0ne of the cornerstones of American ornithological literature, first issued in 10 parts with the preface, contents and index appearing in this first full edition of 1856. Cassin intended the work to complement the octavo edition of Audubon's work.Provenance: De Goederen, Amsterdam, 18 January 1958.
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