Search Results: fauna boreali americana part second the birds by swainson william richardson

London: John Murray, 1831. First edition, presentation copy from John Murray to Edward Jesse.. Good. Quarto (285 mm); lxvi, [2], 523, [1] pages. 50 hand-colored lithograph plates, finished in gum arabic, by Swainson. In contemporary half leather over marbled boards, worn. Spine scuffed. Mild to moderate foxing present on some plates, primarily in the first quarter of the text block; later plates quite clean. Provenance: presentation inscription on half-title by John Murray ("The Publisher") to natural history author Edward Jesse; armorial bookplate of Irish ichthyologist and breeder of Irish Setters, Harry Blake-Knox, JP. References: Fine Bird Books, p.135; Nissen IVB 773; Sabin 71027; Zimmer, p.520 Sir John Richardson accompanied Sir John Franklin on both of his overland expeditions to the North, 1819-1822 and 1825-1827. As naturalist to the expedition, Richardson collected specimens of the flora and fauna of the Arctic. Swainson was responsible for preparing the lithographic plates,… Read More