THE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA : One Hundred and Nineteen Artistic Colored Plates Representing the Different Species and Varieties
by Studer, Jacob H.; (Revised By John Greham Bell)
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New York, NY: The Natural Science Association of America, 1903. Revised Edition, First Thus . Hard Cover/Leather & Cloth. Fine/None (As Issued?). Theodore Jasper (Painter). Text/BRAND NEW and bright. Ornate gilt embossed title to maroon cloth boards w/leather backstrap and corners/VG; strong & sound w/edge rubs & closed lesions to front spine edge. Upper text edge in gilt. First published 1888; this is an issue of 1903 with"pin-ponted" corrections according to classification standards of the American Ornithologists' Union, as well as a review of original drawings for accuracy. Classic reference assembled by printer and popular ornithologist Jacob Henry Studer (1840 - 1904) with essays from eminent writers on ornithology and 119 colored plates by Theodore Jasper (1814 - 1897) from field observations. Fine copy.
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- Title
- THE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA : One Hundred and Nineteen Artistic Colored Plates Representing the Different Species and Varieties
- Author
- Studer, Jacob H.; (Revised By John Greham Bell)
- Illustrator
- Theodore Jasper (Painter)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover/Leather & Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
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- None (As Issued?)
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- Edition
- Revised Edition, First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Natural Science Association of America
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Ornithology/North American/Birds/Natural History
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