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<dl><dd>Series statement from front cover</dd>
<dd>Plates are hand-colored</dd>
<dd>Includes bibliographical references and index</dd>
<dd>extracted picklist</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB has two copies</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c. 1 (39088015066244) has bookplate: Gen. Wes. Seminary Library</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c. 1 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Alexander Wetmore. Inscribed in ink on front free endpaper: A. Wetmore</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c. 1 has occasional ms. markings to text</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c. 1 in original publisher's pictorical blue-green cloth binding, title in gilt on front cover and spine, decorative-patterned paper endpapers. Stamped on front free endpaper: The Book and Magazine Shop ... N.Y</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c. 2 (39088015066285) has bookplate of Jonathan Dwight Jr</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c. 2 has stamped on t.p.: Smithsonian Libraries Oct 3 1973</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c. 2 in original publisher's pictorical brown cloth binding, title in gilt on front cover and spine, decorative-patterned paper endpapers</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Taxidermy; Zoological specimens; Birds</div>
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<dl><dd>Maynard, C. J. (Charles Johnson), 1845-1929</dd>
<dd>Weeks, Edwin Lord, ill</dd>
<dd>Walker, C. A., engraver</dd>
<dd>Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978, former owner. DSI</dd>
<dd>Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929, former owner. DSI</dd></dl></div>
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