CASSIN, John
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Illustrations of the birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America. Intended to contain descriptions and figures of North American birds not given by former American authors, and a general synopsis of North American ornithology. 1853 to 1855.Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1856.Originally issued in ten parts from 1853 to 1855. Cassin ran an engraving and lithographing firm in Philadelphia, which produced illustrations for government and scientific publications. He pursued ornithology as an amateur, devoting his spare time as unpaid curator of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, which was developing the largest bird specimen collection then in existence. He arranged and catalogued 26,000 specimens, and published regular reports of the results of his research. In this work Cassin described species discovered since the appearance of Audubon's Birds of America. Digital facsimile of the 1862 printing from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link. Subjects: COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › United States , COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › United States › American West, NATURAL HISTORY, U.S.: CONTENT OF PUBLICATIONS BY STATE & TERRITORY › California, U.S.: CONTENT OF PUBLICATIONS BY STATE & TERRITORY › Oregon, U.S.: CONTENT OF PUBLICATIONS BY STATE & TERRITORY › Texas, ZOOLOGY › Illustration, ZOOLOGY › Ornithology |