Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library: Part I and Part II
Zimmer, John Todd
From David Foley Sporting Books, Dallas, PA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 15 May 1998
From David Foley Sporting Books, Dallas, PA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 15 May 1998
About this Item
Half green morocco and marbled boards, gilt spine titles & decorations between 5 raised bands; matching marbled end sheets; top edge gilt ; thick 8vo; 706pp; color frontispiece portrait in vol I and b/w photo frontispiece in vol II plus numerous b/w photo facsimiles of title pages from the collection. Originally issued in 2 volumes-here bound into one volume."Ayer presented to the Library his private ornithology collection of 400 carefully chosen volumes and his collection of ichthyological works. In the same year he purchased the 600 volume collection ornithologist Charles Barney Cory (1857-1921). In 1921, Ayer donated over 1600 volumes from the ichthyological and angling collection formed by publisher Robert Clarke of Cincinnati. This classic of ornithological bibliography clearly confirmed the Ayer Collection as one of the finest in the world. After Ayer's death, his endowments for the library were combined into the Library Fund, whose earnings have provided the core support for book acquisitions for the ensuing seven decades." This copy in VG condition with light browning to a few preliminary pages, otherwise internally clean. Seller Inventory # 004791
Bibliographic Details
Title: Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer ...
Publisher: Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
Publication Date: 1926
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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