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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: George Lockwood, [ca 1870-1871] (though first volume title-page with Roe Lockwood & Son imprint dated 1861).
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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: George Lockwood, [ca 1870-1871] (though first volume title-page with Roe Lockwood & Son imprint dated 1861).
7 volumes, royal 8o (263 x 170 mm). Half-titles, 500 hand-colored lithographic plates. (Some browning and spotting, a few short tears, plate 289 with tear crossing image.) Contemporary brown half morocco, spines gilt, marbled boards, marbled edges (worn and rubbed, a few hinges broken or starting).
Later edition. "The last, or a reprint of the last, complete edition of Audubon's work on the birds of America. It is not dated and does not agree exactly with any recorded edition which I can find, so I am not certain as to its date of issue. Thyere is an edition of 1865 in 8 vols. (said by Coues to be a later edition of J.W. Audubon's reissue of 1861, but in 8 vols. Instead of 7), which I have not seen" (Ayer/Zimmer). Roe Lockwood & Son published the second folio edition of Audubon's Birds, which failed commercially in part due to the outbreak of the Civil War. As a major creditor for the second edition, Lockwood gained publication rights and the lithographic stones for Audubon's works, from which this final octavo edition was printed. The stones are believed to have been lost in a fire at some time during the 1870s. Ayer/Zimmer pp.25-26; Nissen IVB 52; Wood p. 209. (8)
7 volumes, royal 8o (263 x 170 mm). Half-titles, 500 hand-colored lithographic plates. (Some browning and spotting, a few short tears, plate 289 with tear crossing image.) Contemporary brown half morocco, spines gilt, marbled boards, marbled edges (worn and rubbed, a few hinges broken or starting).
Later edition. "The last, or a reprint of the last, complete edition of Audubon's work on the birds of America. It is not dated and does not agree exactly with any recorded edition which I can find, so I am not certain as to its date of issue. Thyere is an edition of 1865 in 8 vols. (said by Coues to be a later edition of J.W. Audubon's reissue of 1861, but in 8 vols. Instead of 7), which I have not seen" (Ayer/Zimmer). Roe Lockwood & Son published the second folio edition of Audubon's Birds, which failed commercially in part due to the outbreak of the Civil War. As a major creditor for the second edition, Lockwood gained publication rights and the lithographic stones for Audubon's works, from which this final octavo edition was printed. The stones are believed to have been lost in a fire at some time during the 1870s. Ayer/Zimmer pp.25-26; Nissen IVB 52; Wood p. 209. (8)