ANTIQUES INC PT 3 OF THE GUNN COLLECTION
By Meander Auctions
May 10, 2025
6825 State Route 821 Whipple, OH 45788, United States
400 lots of quality antiques and art, including the third part of the textile collection of Dr. Virginia Gunn, Wooster, Ohio

LOT 41:

WILSON AND BONAPARTE, AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY, 3 VOLUMES

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Auction took place on May 10, 2025 at Meander Auctions
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WILSON AND BONAPARTE, AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY, 3 VOLUMES
Alexander Wilson and Prince Charles Lucian Bonaparte, American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. London: Chatto and Windus, 1876. 3 volumes, 8vo, in the publisher's green morocco-backed red cloth-covered boards, pictorial gilt spines. Alexander Wilson is considered among the most important ornithologists working in America in the 19th century, and his American Ornithology ranks just under Audubon's Birds of America in terms of imporant works on American birds. This edition includes Bonaparte's continuation, which he produced after Wilson's death. Provenance: private collection.
Condition: Wear, rubbing, and some soiling to the spines and boards, internally, even toning, some of the boards have begun to separate, and a few pages are loose. Overall G.

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