Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
December 30, 1808
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 38
Additional Source Text:
"Price 12 dollars"
Notes:
Alexander Wilson was a Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, naturalist, and illustrator.
Title Information:
American Ornithology; or, The natural history of the birds of the United States: illustrated with plates engraved and colored from original drawings taken from nature
Imprint Information:
vol. 1 (Philadelphia: The Museum, 1808); subsequent volumes: vol. 2 (1810); vols. 3 and 4 (1811), vols. 5 and 6 (1812), vol. 7 (1813), vols. 8 and 9 (1814).
