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AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. The Birds of America, from Drawings made in the United States and their Territories. New York and Philadelphia: J.J. Audubon and J.B. Chevalier [1839-] 1840-1844.
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AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. The Birds of America, from Drawings made in the United States and their Territories. New York and Philadelphia: J.J. Audubon and J.B. Chevalier [1839-] 1840-1844.
7 vols., royal 8vo, 261 x 166mm. (10 5/16 x 6 3/8in.), green levant morocco, spines gilt-lettered, t.e.g., by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, text and plates cleaned but many plates still foxed and a few with faint dampstains, plates 296, 310, 341, 363, 442 and 465 just cropped, a few others cut close, lacks half-titles, lists of subscribers present in vols. 1, 2 and 5 only.
FIRST OCTAVO EDITION, 500 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 text.
Ayer/Zimmer, p. 22; Bennett, p. 5; McGill/Wood, p. 208; Nissen IVB 51; Sabin 2364. (7)
7 vols., royal 8vo, 261 x 166mm. (10 5/16 x 6 3/8in.), green levant morocco, spines gilt-lettered, t.e.g., by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, text and plates cleaned but many plates still foxed and a few with faint dampstains, plates 296, 310, 341, 363, 442 and 465 just cropped, a few others cut close, lacks half-titles, lists of subscribers present in vols. 1, 2 and 5 only.
FIRST OCTAVO EDITION, 500 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 text.
Ayer/Zimmer, p. 22; Bennett, p. 5; McGill/Wood, p. 208; Nissen IVB 51; Sabin 2364. (7)