AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. The Birds of America, from Drawings made in the United States and their Territories. New York: J. J. Audubon and Philadelphia: J. B. Chevalier 1840-44. 7 vols., dark blue morocco, gilt arms of Harry and Caresse Crosby at center of upper covers, spines gilt-lettered, turn-ins gilt, g.e., hinges cracked, extremities rubbed, some chipping to spines, six plates slightly cropped, tear to leaf 8/2 (pp. 59-60) in vol. 4, some offsetting of text to plates, occasional faint marginal discoloration. FIRST OCTAVO EDITION, 500 hand-colored lithographed plates after Audubon by W. E. Hitchcock, R. Trembly and others, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen, wood-engraved anatomical diagrams in the text, half-titles in vols. 1-6, subscribers' lists in all vols. Ayer/Zimmer, p. 22; Bennett, p. 5; McGill/Wood, p. 208; Nissen IVB 51; Sabin 2364. Armorial binding and bookplates of Harry and Caresse Crosby (sale, Parke-Bernet, 23 November 1954, lot 22). (7)

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AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. The Birds of America, from Drawings made in the United States and their Territories. New York: J. J. Audubon and Philadelphia: J. B. Chevalier 1840-44. 7 vols., dark blue morocco, gilt arms of Harry and Caresse Crosby at center of upper covers, spines gilt-lettered, turn-ins gilt, g.e., hinges cracked, extremities rubbed, some chipping to spines, six plates slightly cropped, tear to leaf 8/2 (pp. 59-60) in vol. 4, some offsetting of text to plates, occasional faint marginal discoloration. FIRST OCTAVO EDITION, 500 hand-colored lithographed plates after Audubon by W. E. Hitchcock, R. Trembly and others, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen, wood-engraved anatomical diagrams in the text, half-titles in vols. 1-6, subscribers' lists in all vols. Ayer/Zimmer, p. 22; Bennett, p. 5; McGill/Wood, p. 208; Nissen IVB 51; Sabin 2364. Armorial binding and bookplates of Harry and Caresse Crosby (sale, Parke-Bernet, 23 November 1954, lot 22). (7)