Volumes 1-3 (of eventually 4). 21 hand-colored engraved plates after T.R. Peale, A. Rider, and J.J. Audubon (one figure of plate 4) by A. Lawson. (Folio) Vol. 1, 37x28 cm. (14½x11"), modern brown morocco-backed cloth; Volumes 2 & 3, 37.5x30 cm. (14¾x11¾") old brown half morocco and cloth. First Edition.

First edition of Bonaparte's continuation of Alexander Wilson's American Ornithology. This set has the rare first issue of vol. I, with the Mitchell imprint. Bonaparte originally conceived the work in three volumes, only publishing the fourth in 1833, some five years after Volume III. Zimmer 64; Bennett 16; Nissen IVB 116; Sabin 6264. Volumes 2 & 3 ex-library from the Field Columbian Museum Library, with embosses stamp on title pages and library name in gilt on spines.