University of Virginia Library

WILSON'S ORNITHOLOGY;

WITH 76 SPLENDID COLOURED ENGRAVINGS.

WITH A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,
BY GEORGE ORD.

The expensiveness of the first edition of this splendid work
having long confined its circulation to a few of the opulent class
of society, the subscribers were some time since induced to publish
a new edition in such a manner that it may be sold upon
more moderate terms. The original engravings, executed under
the eye of Wilson, with the superior skill and precision of the
distinguished artists whose names they bear, have been employed
in this edition, after undergoing a careful inspection and retouching
where necessary. Their elegance and fidelity to nature
have been universally acknowledged.

The work has now been before the public for some time, and
although the sale has not yet fully equalled the expectations of
the publishers, they have the satisfaction of knowing the execution
has met the entire approbation of men of science and taste
who are qualified to judge of it.

An anonymous scribbler in one of our daily papers has asserted
that “Wilson's work has had its day,—it was perhaps the best at
the period of its publication.”

We are not aware that nature has effected any change in the
feathered race, or that what was a correct delineation of an eagle
or a lark twenty years ago, is not the same at present, and therefore
confidently offer this book to the public, and solicit their
patronage.

The letter is comprised in three volumes, royal octavo, printed
in the best manner, and on a very superior paper made for
the purpose.

The plates, 76 in number, and containing upwards of four
hundred birds, are in a separate volume.

The price of the whole is fifty dollars.

A few copies of letter press, on 4to paper, may also be had:
Price $55.

HARRISON HALL,
Philadelphia.

COLLINS & CO.
New York.

Philadelphia, July 1832.