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Additional authors

1. MacGillivray, William, 1796-1852.
2. Neill and Company, printer.
3. Adam and Charles Black (Firm), publisher.

Description

1. 5 v.; 27 cm

Subject

1. North America
2. Oiseaux > Amérique du Nord
3. Birds > North America

Call number

1. Rare Books 18-5395

Note

1. Vol. 4 has title: Ornithological biography, or An account of the habits of the birds of the United States of America, accompanied by descriptions of the objects represented in the work entitled Birds of America, together with an account of the digestive organs of many of the species, illustrated by engravings on wood ...
2. Title of vol. 5 identical with that of vol. 4, except for insertion of the word "The" before "Birds of America".
3. Vol. 2-5 published in Edinburgh, by A. & C. Black; [etc., etc.] vol. 2, 1834; vol. 3, 1835; vol. 4, 1838; vol. 5, 1849 (i.e. 1839).
4. "I feel pleasure in here acknowledging the assistance ... received from ... Mr. William Macgillivray ... in completing the scientific details ... of my ornithological biographies."--Author's "Introductory address": v. 1, p. xviii-xix.
5. First edition. Later editions have text and plates combined, with alterations, and were published in octavo, under the title: The birds of America, from drawings made in the United States and their territories.
6. The elephant folio ed. of "The birds of America" was published without text; v. 1 of the present work furnishes text for plates I-C; vol. 2 for plates CI-CC; vol. 3 for plates CCI-CCC; vol. 4 for plates CCCI-CCCLXXXVII; vol. 5 contains for plates CCCLXXXVIII-CCCCXXXV, and in addition "Descriptions of species found in North America, but not figured in the 'Birds of America'": p. [305]-336, and Appendix: comprising additional observations on the habits, geographical distribution, and anatomical structure of the birds described in this work; together with corrections of errors relative to the species": p. [337]-646.
7. Includes indexes.

Binding (note)

1. Bound in half brown leather with marbled paper boards. Edges sprinkled red.

Author

1. Audubon, John James, 1785-1851.

Title

1. Ornithological biography, or An account of the habits of the birds of the United States of America; accompanied by descriptions of the objects represented in the work entitled The birds of America, and interspersed with delineations of American scenery and manners. By John James Audubon ...

Imprint

1. Edinburgh, A. Black; [etc., etc.] 1831-1849 [i.e. 1839] (Edinburgh : printed by Neill and Co.)

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Binding

1. Bound in half brown leather with marbled paper boards. Edges sprinkled red. NN

Local note

1. Copy in Rare Books 18-5395 incomplete, contains volume 2 only.

Connect to:

1. Full text available via HathiTrust
2. Page view volume 1
3. Page view volume 2
4. Page view volume 3
5. Page view volume 4
6. Page view volume 5
7. v.1
8. v.2
9. v.3
10. v.4
11. v.5

Added author

1. MacGillivray, William, 1796-1852.
2. Neill and Company, printer.
3. Adam and Charles Black (Firm), publisher.

LCCN

1. 06018535

Research call number

1. Rare Books 18-5395
2. QMP (Audubon, J. J. Ornothological biography. Edinburgh)
3. Stuart 13096-13100