NESTS AND EGGS OF BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES

Philadelphia: J. A. Wagenseller, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine, bright copy in a lovely binding with only a few minor rubs. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in publisher's full gilt-decorated red morocco leather with silk endpapers, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. Illustrated with a detailed chromolithographic title page and 54 gorgeous chromolithographs of birds and their nests with eggs, all protected with tissue guards. Bennett (p. 44): "Drawings done chiefly by Mr. Edwin Sheppard of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, acknowledged as the best ornithological artist in America." Originally issued in 25 parts.