Cassin, John
Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America
Austin, Published for Summerlee Foundation of Dallas by the Texas State Historical Association, 1991. First edition thus. Three quarter brown leather over marbled paper-covered boards, titles gilt. Brown marbled slipcase. [42], viii, 298 pp. Illus. with 50 color plates and b/w photos. 4to. Introduction by R. M. Peck. Originally published in Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1856. Lithographs drawn on stone by W.E. Hitchcock, engraved by George W. White, and lithographed by J. T. Bowen. A excellent reproduction of this masterpiece. C. Nissen,173 (1st ed.); Sitwell, p. 64 (1st ed.). A fine copy in a fine slipcase. As new.

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