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AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES and Rev. JOHN BACHMAN. The Quadrupeds of North America. New York: V.G. Audubon 1852-1854. 3 vols., royal 8vo, 265 x 180mm. (10 7/16 x 7 1/8in.), old boards, rebacked with green library buckram, worn, ink ownership stamp and perforated library stamp on each title, ink release stamp on verso, ink stamp on verso of each plate. Mixed first and second octavo edition, half-titles, 155 hand-finished color lithograph plates by J.T. Bowen from the drawings on stone by W.E. Hitchcock and R. Trembley, after J.J. and J.W. Audubon. Nissen ZBI 163.
Provenance: Dr. phil. Karl Ehrenburg, Würzburg, ink-stamp -- The John Crerar Library, Chicago, ink stamps and perforated stamps. (3)
Provenance: Dr. phil. Karl Ehrenburg, Würzburg, ink-stamp -- The John Crerar Library, Chicago, ink stamps and perforated stamps. (3)