Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America.
Austin: Published for Summerlee Foundation of Dallas by the Texas State Historical Association, 1991. [42], viii, 298 pp. Illus. with 50 color plates and b/w photos. 4to. Three quarter brown leather over marbled paper-covered boards, titles gilt. Brown marbled slipcase. First edition thus. Introduction by R. M. Peck. A fine copy in a fine slipcase. As new. C. Nissen,173 (1st ed.); Sitwell, p. 64 (1st ed.). Item #23146
Originally published in Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1856. Lithographs drawn on stone by W.E. Hitchcock, engraved by George W. White, and lithographed by J. T. Bowen. A excellent reproduction of this masterpiece.
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