Hand-Colored Engraving from American Ornithology... 1. Slate coloured Hawk. 2. Ground Dove... Plate no. 46. Drawn from Nature

by A. Wilson. Engraved by A. Lawson by Alexander Wilson

$750 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

1 vols. 14 x 11. Fine. Item #43700 Wilson is the Father of American ornithology. He was born and raised in Paisley, Scotland. American Ornithology was published the first seven volumes of his landmark work on American birds between 1808 and his death in 1813; the eighth and ninth volumes, edited by George Ord, completed the work in1814 with plates left finished by Wilson and text written by Ord from Wilson's notes. The Plate is from this

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