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AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851). The Birds of America, from Drawings made in the United States and their Territories. New York: V.G. Audubon; Roe Lockwood and Sons, 1859.
7 volumes, 8o (265 x 175 mm). General index in vol. VII. 500 tinted lithographic plates after J.J. Audubon by W.E. Hitchcock and R. Trembly, printed and hand-finished by J.T. Bowen (some occasional light spotting and pale offsetting, plate 155 misbound after plate 156, and 187 after 188). Publisher's blind-stamped morocco, edges gilt (some scuffing at extremeties).
Third octavo edition of Audubon's masterpiece. Anker/Copenhagen 19; Nissen IVB 52. A FINE SET. (7)
7 volumes, 8o (265 x 175 mm). General index in vol. VII. 500 tinted lithographic plates after J.J. Audubon by W.E. Hitchcock and R. Trembly, printed and hand-finished by J.T. Bowen (some occasional light spotting and pale offsetting, plate 155 misbound after plate 156, and 187 after 188). Publisher's blind-stamped morocco, edges gilt (some scuffing at extremeties).
Third octavo edition of Audubon's masterpiece. Anker/Copenhagen 19; Nissen IVB 52. A FINE SET. (7)