Alexander Wilson / Thomas Mayo Brewer WILSON'S AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY ... Lot 4365

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LOT 4365Seller's Estimate: USD 70 - 200Title: Wilson's American Ornithology, with Notes by Jardine: To Which Is Added a Synopsis of American Birds, Including Those Described by Bonaparte, Audubon, Nutall, and RichardsonAuthor: Alexander Wilson - Alexander Wilson was a Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, naturalist, and illustrator. Wilson is now regarded as the greatest American ornithologist prior to Audubon. It was his meeting with Audubon in Louisville, Kentucky in 1810 which probably inspired the younger man to produce a book of his own bird illustrations, though Audubon's reaction to Wilson was decidedly ambiguous.Several species of bird were named after him, including Wilson's Storm-petrel, Wilson's Plover, Wilson's Phalarope, Wilson's Snipe and Wilson's Warbler. The warbler genus Wilsonia was also named for him by Charles Lucien Bonaparte. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology is also named after him., Thomas Mayo Brewer - Thomas Mayo Brewer was an American naturalist.Mayo is best known as the joint author, with Baird and Ridgway, of "A History of North American Birds" (3 volumes, 1874), which was the first attempt since John James Audubon's (thirty years prior) to complete the study of American ornithology.Brewer was born in Boston, the younger brother of noted Boston merchant Gardner Brewer. He graduated from Harvard College in 1835 and from Harvard Medical School three years later. He abandoned his career as a doctor after a few years to concentrate on writing and politics, later becoming editor of the Boston Atlas. He then joined the publishing firm of Hickling, Swan & Brown, which became Hickling, Swan & Brewer when he became a partner in 1857; this firm subsequently became Swan, Brewer & Tileston.Brewer spent his spare time contributing to a number of ornithological publications, including John James Audubon's "Ornithological Biography." Brewer was a companion to Audubon, who gave Brewer's name to a duck, a blackbird, and a small mammal (Brewer's shrew mole) found on Martha's vineyard.The Brewer family has been prominent in Massachusetts for 200 years, including James Brewer (1742-1806), an early American patriot leader and businessman, Gen. Wilmon Blackmar, a Civil War medal of honor winner, and Wilmon Brewer, a poet, biographer, and philanthropist. (Information courtesy of Wikipedia)Publisher: Otis, Broaders, and CompanyCity: BostonYear: 1840Printing Information: First US EditionBinding Style: HardcoverPagination: viii/746 pagesWidth: 5.25" Height: 7.5"Book Details:Condition / Notes: This antique full-leather volume has detaching boards. This former library book shows external wear, with mild rubbing to the front and rear covers, chipping/cracking and minor loss to the spine cover. The endpapers and blank pages at the front and rear of the volume have darkened edges. The antique bookplate of The Wadsworth Library of Geneseo, New York is affixed to the front pastedown, with notations in ink at the top edge. Library attachments appear on the rear endpaper. The pages exhibit occasional light foxing. This work is illustrated with a tissue-guarded frontispiece, an additional illustrated title page, and 24 tissue-guarded ornithological plates.For lots which include only books, our shipping charge applies to any address within the fifty United States. For lots which are not books, the stated shipping cost in this listing will apply only to addresses within the continental 48 states. Within those parameters, the shipping cost for this lot will be: $4.50Payment:The buyer is responsible for paying the seller directly after winning the item. Details on accepted payment methods and where to send payment are provided in an invoice from the seller.Additional payment details from the seller:Payment is due within ten days of auction close. Payments in excess of $3,000.00 must be made in secure funds (cash, cashier's check, bank transfer, etc.). Money orders, personal/business checks, bank transfers and cash are accepted for paym... read more

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