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AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. THE QUADRUPEDS OF NORTH AMERICA. NEW YORK: V.G. AUDUBON, 1852-51-54.
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AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. THE QUADRUPEDS OF NORTH AMERICA. NEW YORK: V.G. AUDUBON, 1852-51-54.
3 VOLUMES, IMPERIAL 8O (260 X 174 MM). HALF-TITLE IN VOLUME I AND INDEXES IN ALL 3 VOLUMES. (SOME SCATTERED SPOTTING.) 154 (OF 155) TINTED AND HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES AFTER J.J. AUDUBON AND J.W. AUDUBON BY W.E. HITCHCOCK AND R. TREMBLY, PRINTED BY J.T. BOWEN OF PHILADELPHIA AND NAGEL & WEINGAERTNER OF NEW YORK. (LACKS PLATE LXXXVII ("AMERICAN RED FOX"), SOME TISSUE GUARDS FOXED, PLATE LXXX LOOSE, OCCASIONAL PALE MARGINAL SPOTTING.) CONTEMPORARY BLACK HALF MOROCCO, MARBLED BOARDS, PINK ENDPAPERS, WITH BINDER'S LABEL OF W.H. WELCH & SON, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA (FRONT HINGES OF VOLUMES I AND II CRACKED, SLIGHT WEAR AT EXTREMITIES).
SECOND "OCTAVO" EDITION. BENNETT 5; NISSEN ZBI 163. A FINELY COLORED SET. (3)
3 VOLUMES, IMPERIAL 8
SECOND "OCTAVO" EDITION. BENNETT 5; NISSEN ZBI 163. A FINELY COLORED SET. (3)