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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: J.J. Audubon, and Philadelphia: J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844.
7 volumes, 8o (261 x 162 mm). Half-titles, subscriber's lists, 500 hand-colored lithographed plates by W.E. Hitchcock, R. Trembly and others after Audubon, printed and colored by J.T. Bowen, wood-engraved figures in text (some minor foxing and faint marginal browning, pl. 166 bound upside down, pls. 81-85 and 187-188 misbound). Contemporary straight-grained red half morocco gilt, spines elaborately gilt, marbled boards (corners and joints a little rubbed, joints slightly worn, joint starting at head of spine of Vol. VII). Provenance: Dr. P. Tidyman (tiny label on title page).
FIRST OCTAVO EDITION; WITH NEARLY 1,200 SUBSCRIBERS, THIS WAS THE FORMAT THROUGH WHICH AUDUBON'S WORK WAS MOST WIDELY KNOWN IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. AN EXAMPLE OF THE BEST OF AMERICAN LITHOGRAPHY OF THE PERIOD. AYER/ZIMMER 22; NISSEN IVB 51; SABIN 2364 (7)
7 volumes, 8
FIRST OCTAVO EDITION; WITH NEARLY 1,200 SUBSCRIBERS, THIS WAS THE FORMAT THROUGH WHICH AUDUBON'S WORK WAS MOST WIDELY KNOWN IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. AN EXAMPLE OF THE BEST OF AMERICAN LITHOGRAPHY OF THE PERIOD. AYER/ZIMMER 22; NISSEN IVB 51; SABIN 2364 (7)