Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America spine decorated with gilt panel

spine decorated with gilt panel lines

and Edouard Marie Heckel

Latham was the first to describe a number of important Australian species such as the lyre-bird

topography and commerce of the southern provinces of Russia” (Abbey Travel 222)

Lisa Carroll

Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America spine decorated with gilt panelPp. viii, 298; 50 splendid hand colored lithographic plates. Later one half black morocco leather, spine with 5 raised bands, lettered in gilt on two compartments and decorated with gilt rectangular patterns highlighted with small feathers in the remaining 4 compartments, over green marbled boards with matching green marbled endpapers, lg 8vo (10. 75 x 7. 5 inches). This is the second edition of John Cassins beautifully illustrated work on Western