Vol. I, Ornithological Biography, or an Account of the Habits of the Birds of the United States of America
Entry/Object ID
JJA.2011.1.1
Description
This is volume I of a five volume first edition set of John James Audubon's, Ornithological Biography, or an Account of the Habits of the Birds of the United States of America. The volume was published in Edinburgh by Adam and Charles Black. It is bound in full morocco leather with gilt lettering on spine, simple gilt borders on the outside covers and gilt text edges. There is an elaborately illustrated flyleaf in front of each volume with the inscription "Presented to Joseph Walker by the Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company New York 1853." This volume consists of 512 pages and a 16 page prospectus. A book plate on the inside front cover reads, "EX-LIBRIS GEORGE HEWITT MYERS."
