3 volumes, 8vo. Engraved portrait frontispiece on india paper, 97 hand-colored plates, engraved by W.H. Lizars after Wilson. (Offsetting from plates to text, some spotting to a few plates.) Contemporary half dark olive morocco, marbled boards, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettering in 3 (light rubbing to boards, recased, lacking front free endpaper in vol. III). Provenance: Edward G. Marshall (contemporary ownership signature); gifted to Andrew L. Marshall (inscription dated 1863).

FIRST JARDINE EDITION of Wilson's famous work on American birds. This is a reprint of Wilson's work with notes by Jardine, with the beginning of Bonaparte's Continuation in the third volume. The plates have been re-engraved by W.H. Lizars after Wilson's drawings to a higher standard than previous editions. The plates in Bonaparte's text are after Titian Peale, son of antiquarian Charles Willson Peale. Anker 534; Nissen ZBI 996; Sabin 104598.