CASSIN, John (1813-1869). Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1853-1856.
Sale 759 - Selections from the Library of Gerald and Barbara Weiner
Oct 8, 2020
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Lot Description
CASSIN, John (1813-1869). Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1853-1856.
8vo (255 x 168 mm). 50 hand-colored lithographed plates by William E. Hitchcock and George G. White. (Dampstaining to a few leaves.) Publisher's dark blue morocco gilt, gilt turn-ins, edges gilt (rebacked preserving original spine, a few other minor repairs).
FIRST EDITION of Cassin's ornithological work including species not described by Audubon or other American naturalists. The author intended the work to be regarded "in some measure as an addition to the works of former authors in American Ornithology, but at the same time complete in itself" (preface). Sabin 11369.
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