Sale 2512 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, June 6, 2019

323 c   VERNIER, CHARLES. La Rigolbochomanie.Croquis,Litho- graphiqes & Choregraphiques. Hand-colored lithographed title-page and 30 hand-colored lithographed plates satirizing the popularity of the “can-can” dance craze of the day. 4to, 13x10 inches, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, light wear; foxing, staining and a few marginal tears. Paris: Charivari, circa 1850 [400/600] 322 324 c   WILSON,ALEXANDER. American Ornithology; or the Natural History of the Birds of the United States. 27 (of 76) hand-colored engraved plates.Volumes 2, 3 and 4 (of 9). Folio, 14x10 1 / 2 inches, original red morocco-backed marbled boards, partially disbound; foxing, offsetting, marginal tears. sold as is . Philadelphia, 1810-1811 [800/1,200] Collection of plates including several of Wilson’s most admired: Carolina Parrot, Ivory Billed Woodpecker, Snowy Owl, Belted Kingfisher, Bald Eagle and others. 324