Wild Scenes and Song-Birds

  • New York: George P. Putnam & Co., 1854
By C.W. Webber
x, 347 pages plus 20 leaves of chromo-lithograph illustrations and one leaf containing list of illustrations, 10 1/4 x 6 ¼ inches, cloth, chipped and torn at top and bottom of spine, rubber stamp of previous owner on front endpaper.

Fifteen illustrations of birds and fauna by Mrs. C.W. Webber with five Native American scenes by Alfred Jacob Miller. The title page calls for 25 illustrations but the list of illustrations details 20 plates. This edition notable for being only one of two published works to contain chromo-lithograph illustrations after drawings by Miller.

Details

Title

Wild Scenes and Song-Birds

Author

C.W. Webber

Condition

Very Good

Publisher

George P. Putnam & Co.: New York

Date

1854


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