American Ornithology: or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States

A near fine hardcover in the origInal binding, rebacked. All edges gilt. Popular Edition, three volumes in one. Part I, Includes section of b&w engraved plates, 76 by Wilson and 27 by Bonaparte. Most reduced in size to four per page. Vol. I, 214 pp; Vol. II, 390 pp.; Vol. III, 426 pp. Includes Spencer F. Baird's 'Catalogue of North American Birds.' One page Editor's Preface to this edition apparently lacking.