AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES and Rev. JOHN BACHMAN. The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. New York: J. J. Audubon 1845-48. 3 vols., atlas folio, 689 x 545 mm. (27 1/2 x 21 3/8 in.), contemporary half diced russia, very worn, covers detached, lacking 50 plates, many plates loose, edges of several plates chipped, tears to inner margins of vol. 3 contents leaf and of pl. 102, the running-titles (part and plate numbers) of plates 118 and 125 cropped, marginal dampstain to title and contents leaves of vol. 3, marginal soiling throughout. FIRST EDITION, 100 (of 150) finely colored lithographed plates after John James and John Woodhouse Audubon, the backgrounds after Victor Audubon by J.T. Bowen, 3 lithographic title-pages and 3 leaves of letterpress contents. Bennett, p. 5; Wood, p. 208; Nissen/Zoology 162. Book label of Geo. F.R. Waesche; donated by John S. Williams to the National Audubon Society in 1946. (3)

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AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES and Rev. JOHN BACHMAN. The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. New York: J. J. Audubon 1845-48. 3 vols., atlas folio, 689 x 545 mm. (27 1/2 x 21 3/8 in.), contemporary half diced russia, very worn, covers detached, lacking 50 plates, many plates loose, edges of several plates chipped, tears to inner margins of vol. 3 contents leaf and of pl. 102, the running-titles (part and plate numbers) of plates 118 and 125 cropped, marginal dampstain to title and contents leaves of vol. 3, marginal soiling throughout. FIRST EDITION, 100 (of 150) finely colored lithographed plates after John James and John Woodhouse Audubon, the backgrounds after Victor Audubon by J.T. Bowen, 3 lithographic title-pages and 3 leaves of letterpress contents. Bennett, p. 5; Wood, p. 208; Nissen/Zoology 162. Book label of Geo. F.R. Waesche; donated by John S. Williams to the National Audubon Society in 1946. (3)