Author: Cassin, John
Title: Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America
Description: 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.

Keywords: Illustrated Books, , Illustrated Books, Ornithology, Birds, Natural History, Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, W. E. Hitchcock, George W. White, J. T. Bowen, Ornithological illustration, Birds in art, Birds: Pictorial works, Ornithologists, Animal