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AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; OR THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS INHABITATING THE UNITED STATES NOT GIVEN BY WILSON. WITH FIGURES DRAWN, ENGRAVED, AND COLOURED, FROM NATURE.
Books 2018-147

AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; OR THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS INHABITATING THE UNITED STATES NOT GIVEN BY WILSON. WITH FIGURES DRAWN, ENGRAVED, AND COLOURED, FROM NATURE.

Date1828
Maker Charles Lucian Bonaparte (1803 - 1857)
Publisher Carey, Lea & Carey
Printer William Brown
OriginAmerica, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
MediumBlack and white line engravings colored by hand, text pages, bound with leather spines and marbleized boards
Dimensions12" (h) X 15" (h) X 1"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2018-147,12
ProvenanceVolumes 1 and 2 were presented to William Bartram (the inscription is in volume 2). Presumably Bartram was presented with the first issue of volume 1. The two copies of volume 1 and 2 were then owned by William Jardine (see the inscription in on the endpaper of volume 2). Volumes 3-9 are inscribed "John Ford." The entire set, including the Bonapart volumes, the original watercolor, and 2 manuscript letters were owned by Dr. Evan Morton Evans (1870-1955) and his son Daniel Webster Evans (1907-1966). The most recent owner, prior to being purchased by Colonial Williamsburg, was New York collector Gilbert Butler.
Books 2018-147
AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; OR THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS INHABITATING THE UNITED STATES NOT GIVEN BY WILSON. WITH FIGURES DRAWN, ENGRAVED, AND COLOURED, FROM NATURE.
1825
Books 2018-147
AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; OR THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS INHABITATING THE UNITED STATES NOT GIVEN BY WILSON. WITH FIGURES DRAWN, ENGRAVED, AND COLOURED, FROM NATURE.
1828
Books 2018-147
AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; OR THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS INHABITATING THE UNITED STATES NOT GIVEN BY WILSON. WITH FIGURES DRAWN, ENGRAVED, AND COLOURED, FROM NATURE.
1833
Books 2018-147
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
September 12, 1811
Books 2018-147
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
August 12, 1812
Books 2018-147
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
September 1, 1808
Books 2018-147
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
February 12, 1812
Books 2018-147
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
March 1, 1813
Books 2018-147
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
1809 (although dated October 1. 1808)
Books 2018-147
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
May 1, 1814
Books 2018-147
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
January 19, 1814
Books 2018-147
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
February 12, 1811