The Birds of North America, drawn and colored from nature Contemporary full brown calf leather

Contemporary full brown calf leather

19 full page black-and-white plates

5 inches by 9

second issue of ‘Variation of Animal and Plants' (Freeman 878)

spine with gilt panel lines bordering the raised bands and with black morocco author/title/volume label lettered in gilt in 2 compartments

The Birds of North America, drawn and colored from nature Contemporary full brown calf leatherPp. (4), 16, 182 (10, index), 119 color plates (chromolithographs). One quarter dark wine red morocco leather, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in three compartments over maroon red cloth boards with beveled edges, with a large ornate gilt title on the from cover, brown floral endpapers, top page edge in gilt, folio (15 inches x 12. 5 inches). The 119 chromolithographs plates are from drawings by Theodore Jasper. This classic work, first