American ornithology; or, the natural history of the birds of the United States.
Alexander Wilson (1766 - 1813)
Category
Books
Date
1832
Materials
Place of origin
Scotland
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3041988
Summary
Bibliographic description
3 v., plates . port.. . 8vo.. Provenance: Inscription on flyleaf of vol. 1: 'John Harpur Crewe Esq / the gift of his sincere friend / the Revd Andrew Bloxam / Jany 1840 [i.e. gift to Sir John Harpur Crewe, 9th baronet (1846-1924) from Andrew Bloxam (1801-1878), naturalist and Leicestershire clergyman]. Small armorial bookplate in each volume: 'Calke Abbey Library'. Binding: Nineteenth-century half green leather binding, marbled paper sides.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.
Makers and roles
Alexander Wilson (1766 - 1813) Charles Lucian Bonaparte (1803-1857) Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet of Applegarth (1800-1874)