Rarities Nests And Eggs Of Birds Of The United States Online

A Truly Extraordinary Book With 54 Chromolithographs Of Birds And Their Nests With Eggs, All Protected With A Tissue Guard.

Hardcover, Quarto (8-1/2″ X 11-1/2″) Bound In Publisher’S Decorated Cloth And Leather. Spine Is Half Attached With Front Page Marble Paper Half Attached. Plates Are Clean. Illustrated With A Frontispiece Portrait Of The Author And A Detailed Chromolithographic Title Page, Bennett (P. 44): “Drawings Done Chiefly By Mr. Edwin Sheppard Of The Academy Of Natural Sciences Of Philadelphia, Acknowledged As The Best Ornithological Artist In America.” Philadelphia: J. A. Wagenseller, 1882, First Edition, Good Condition.

Measurements: 12 X 9.5 In.