The Birds of North America

by Jacob Henry Studer, Theodore Jasper, artist

$1,200 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

Publisher's full brown morocco, boards with blind-embossed decorations, front board lettered gilt, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt A vibrant and influential late 19th-century American ornithological work. Jacob H. Studer created the present work with the aim of making ornithology accessible to a broader audience. Unlike earlier, more expensive natural history folios, Studer's publication was conceived as a more affordable guide for families, schools, and

• Binding: Leather

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