1626220855000 1626180476000 Standard Record object-300312 1752776309547 1752749275000 1752776132545 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-300312 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/300312 14ef5c22-40b6-36d4-b644-0aaf93592d87 4 reference term-102154 adlib-term-102154 153b3801-39e3-3b0d-9db7-da6c97b65a46 book Manuscripts and Printed Books physical description 5 volumes : illustrations ; 27 cm. Vol. 4 has title: Ornithological biography, or, An account of the habits of the birds of the United States of America : accompanied by descriptions of the objects represented in the work entitled Birds of America : together with an account of the digestive organs of many of the species, illustrated by engravings on wood ... Title of vol. 5 identical with that of vol. 4, except for insertion of the word "The" before "Birds of America". Vol. 2-5 published in Edinburgh, by Adam & Charles Black, [and various combinations of others] vol. 2, 1834; vol. 3, 1835; vol. 4, 1838; vol. 5, 1849 (that is, 1839). "I feel pleasure in here acknowledging the assistance ... received from ... Mr. William Macgillivray ... in completing the scientific details ... of my ornithological biographies."--Author's "Introductory address": v. 1, p. xviii-xix. The folio edition of "The birds of America" was published without text; v. 1 of the present work furnishes text for plates I-C; vol. 2 for plates CI-CC; vol. 3 for plates CCI-CCC; vol. 4 for plates CCCI-CCCLXXXVII; vol. 5 contains for plates CCCLXXXVIII-CCCCXXXV, and in addition "Descriptions of species found in North America, but not figured in the 'Birds of America'": p. [305]-336, and Appendix: comprising additional observations on the habits, geographical distribution, and anatomical structure of the birds described in this work; together with corrections of errors relative to the species": p. [337]-646. Prospectus, "The birds of America, engraved from drawings made in the United States and their territories. By John James Audubon ... Published by the author; and to be seen at Mr R. Havell's, Jun., the engraver, 77 Oxford Street, London. MDCCCXXXI." printed by Neill and Co.: pages 1-15 at end of v. 1 includes list of plates 1-100 (v. 1) of Birds of America, extracts from reviews, and names of subscribers. With a list of subscribers in all volumes. Old classmark: 395. Includes bibliographical references and indexes PB 1-2021 1 accession number PB 1-2021 300312 priref 300312 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/300312 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/300312 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-60077 adlib-agent-60077 cbc90f2e-ce82-36ca-bc69-d8237cf30397 Havell, Robert I Provenance not recorded. Purchase ? 1831 1831 1831 1831 1839 Edinburgh : Adam Black, [and 8 others], 1831-1849 [that is, 1839] 1 1839 1839 1839 author reference agent-5112 adlib-agent-5112 f60161fa-3778-31d6-8d0e-eec9889308c7 Audubon, John James reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Ornithological biography, or, An account of the habits of the birds of the United States of America : accompanied by descriptions of the objects represented in the work entitled The birds of America : and interspersed with delineations of American scenery and manners object OBJECT