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AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851) and John BACHMAN (1790-1874). The Quadrupeds of North America. New York: V.G. Audubon, 1854.
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AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851) and John BACHMAN (1790-1874). The Quadrupeds of North America. New York: V.G. Audubon, 1854.
3 volumes, large 8o. 155 hand-colored lithographed plates by W.E. Hitchcock and R. Trembly after J.J. and John Wodehouse Audubon (some scattered pale foxing). Volumes 1-2 bound in contemporary half morocco, volume 3 bound in later quarter morocco.
Mixed set of the second octavo edition. Bennett, p.5; Nissen ZBI 163; Sabin 2638.R (3)
3 volumes, large 8o. 155 hand-colored lithographed plates by W.E. Hitchcock and R. Trembly after J.J. and John Wodehouse Audubon (some scattered pale foxing). Volumes 1-2 bound in contemporary half morocco, volume 3 bound in later quarter morocco.
Mixed set of the second octavo edition. Bennett, p.5; Nissen ZBI 163; Sabin 2638.R (3)