American ornithology; or the natural history of the birds of the United States; : illustrated with plates engraved and colored from original drawings taken from nature. /
Wilson, Alexander,1766-1813.
Ord, George,1781-1866.
Philadelphia: : published by Bradford and Inskeep. Printed by Robert Carr.,
1808-1814.
The last two volumes edited and partially written by George Ord.
Contains 76 hand-coloured engravings by Alexander Lawson, J.G. Warnicke, G. Murray and Benjamin Tanner from original drawings by Wilson. Plates distributed in volumes as follows: vol. 1 plates 1-9, vol. 2 plates 10-18, vol. 3 plates 19-27, vol. 4 plates 28-36, vol. 5 plates 37-45, vol. 6 plates 46-54, vol. 7 plates 55-63, vol. 8 plates 64-72, vol. 9 plates 73-76.
Vol. 9 contains a biography of Alexander Wilson by George Ord and a list of subscribers.
With general index in vol. 9.
Birds
Birds
America Philadelphia.