[Rarebooks] FS: Gorgeous Copy of Gentry's BIRDS with Lovely Color Plates, 1882

[Charles Agvent]

GENTRY, Thomas. NESTS AND EGGS OF BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
Philadelphia: J. A. Wagenseller, 1882. First Edition. 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." Fine, bright copy in a lovely binding 
with only a few minor rubs. (#020739)        $2,500

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