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.
