| | Book | Save | | 1 | Title: | The birds of North America: one hundred and nineteen artistic colored plates representing the different species and varieties drawn and colored from nature, including a copious text giving a popular account of their habits and characteristics, based on observations made in the field by the most eminent writers on ornithology ; prefaced by a systematic table and index to page, plate and figure ; arranged according to the classification adopted by the American ornithologists' union
| | | | Creator: | Studer, Jacob Henry, 1840-1904 | | | | Publication: | Published under the auspices of the Natural Sciences Association of America, New York,1888. | | | | Notes: | "Arranged according to the classification adopted by the American Ornithologists' Union". Corresponds to [v. 1] of original edition, 1878: Studer's popular ornithology. "The original drawings for the work were made from nature, by Theodore Jasper. Revised by John Graham Bell. The systematic table was prepared by Frank M. Chapman."-Announcement. Title page in red and black. | | | | Call #: | QL673 S8 Oversize | | | | Extent: | 182 p. [8] plates. : col. ill., plates. ; 39 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Birds -- North America | Birds -- Pictorial works
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| Book | Save | | 2 | Title: | The birds of America
| | | | Creator: | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 | | | | | Vogt, William, 1902- | | | | Publication: | Macmillan, New York,1941, c1937. | | | | Notes: | "The 435 plates in this volume were originally published by Audubon, in London, during the years 1827-1838." | | | | Call #: | QL674 A9 1941 Oversize | | | | Extent: | xxvi p., front. (port.) 435 col. pl. on 218 leaves. ; 32 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Birds -- North America | Birds -- Pictorial works
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| Book | Save | | 4 | Title: | The birds of America
| | | | Creator: | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 | | | | | Vogt, William, 1902- | | | | Publication: | The Macmillan Company, New York,1937. | | | | Notes: | The colored plates are preceded by a reproduction of the title-page of one of the original portfolios dated 1827-1830, not included in the paging. "This edition is limited to two thousand five hundred copies." "Of the 500 plates, the first 435 were originally published by Audubon in London, during the years 1827-1838 a set believed to be the finest in uncut state in America has been followed in making the present reproductions. The final sixty-five subjects were painted at a later date ... They were first reproduced in the octavo Birds of America published by Audubon in New York (and J. B. Chevalier in Philadelphia), 1840-1844. The present plates 436-500 are reproduced from that book."--Note. | | | | Call #: | QL674 A9 1937 Oversize | | | | Extent: | xxvi p., 500 col. pl. on 250 leaves : front. (port.) ; 32 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Birds -- North America | Birds -- Pictorial works
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| Book | Save | | 6 | Title: | Studer's popular ornithology
| | | | Creator: | Studer, Jacob Henry, 1840-1904 | | | | | Jasper, Theodore. | | | | | Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884 | | | | Publication: | J.H. Studer & Co, New York, Columbus, O,c1881. | | | | Notes: | Originally issued in 40 parts, 1873-78, under cover-title: The birds of North America; drawn from life and uniformly reduced to one-quarter their natural size, by Theodore Jasper ... (The title varies slightly in the later parts) On the completion of the work pts. 1-39 were divided, the first 4 pages of each part and all the text of pt. 40 being bound together to form one volume; the last 4 pages of pts. 1-39 and extra indexes, etc., from pt. 40, were bound together to form another volume. Title of [v. 1]: Studer's popular ornithology. The birds of North America: drawn and colored from life by Theodore Jasper ... [v. 2]: With ... illustrations by Theodore Jasper ... | | | | Call #: | QL673 S9 Oversize | | | | Extent: | 2 v. 160 pl. (119 col.) 38 x 31 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Birds | Birds -- North America | Ohio imprints 1881
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