[Rarebooks] FS: Gentry's Nests & Eggs of Birds of the U.S. with beautiful chromolithographs

[Charles Agvent]

GENTRY,  Thomas.  NESTS AND EGGS OF BIRDS OF THE  UNITED
          STATES.  Philadelphia: J.A. Wagenseller 1882.  First  Edition.  Quarto 
  (9" x 11-1/2")  bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt
          lettering  on  the  spine and a handsome and  elaborate  gilt
          depiction  of  hummingbirds  at a nest on  the  front  cover.
          Illustrated  with  a  portrait  of  the  author,  a  detailed
          chromolithographic    title    page,      and   54   gorgeous
          chromolithographs  of  birds and their nests with eggs,  each
          protected  with  a tissue guard. 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." Inner hinges  and  spine
          tips professionally  reinforced.  Superb copy of a  beautiful
          book!                                                $2500.00

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