UP FOR AUCTION IS A 1852 BOOK ''WILSON'S AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY WITH NOTES BY JARDINE TO WHICH IS ADDED A SYNOPSIS OF AMERICAN BIRDS'' BY T.M. BREWER AND PUBLISHED BY H.S. SAMUELS. HARDCOVER APP.  6.5'' X 9.25'' AND 746 PAGES LONG, TITLE PAGE DATE 1852, WITH NUMEROUS COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS I BELIEVE TO BE HAND COLORED, EX-LIBRARY, PAGES ARE FINE, A FEW PAGES HAVE MINOR FOXING, THE COVER HAS VERY MINOR DIRT, VERY MINOR SPOTS, SOME CHIPS ON THE PAPER SURFACE ON THE BACK SIDE, MINOR WEAR ON THE CORNERS, THE SPINE SURFACE IS SEPARATED AND LOOSE (WAS PUT IN PLACE FOR PHOTO PURPOSES). THE FRONT COVER END-BOARD IS SEPARATED FROM THE BINDING AND LOOSE. SOLD AS IS.