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Estes & Lauriat, c.1880.
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Audubon’s Birds of America. Life-Sized Drawings From the Original Stones
Estes & Lauriat, c.1880.
ESTES & LAURIAT. Audubon’s Birds of America. Catalogue of Separate Plates. Boston: Estes & Lauriat, c. 1880.
Scarce catalogue, purporting to be the first offering of Audubon's Birds sold as separate plates. According to the introduction, "We take pleasure in making the announcement that the entire remainder of the magnificent plates to Audubon's world-famous 'Birds of America' have recently come into our possession. As enough of the plates are missing to make it impossible to make them up into complete sets, we have determined to sell them separately." A wonderful window into the market for Audubon in the Gilded Age, 141 plates are listed with prices from $5-$10 each.
Octavo (204 x 140mm). Stapled (extracted from previous binding, first and last leaves working loose). Custom cloth box.
Estes & Lauriat, c.1880.
ESTES & LAURIAT. Audubon’s Birds of America. Catalogue of Separate Plates. Boston: Estes & Lauriat, c. 1880.
Scarce catalogue, purporting to be the first offering of Audubon's Birds sold as separate plates. According to the introduction, "We take pleasure in making the announcement that the entire remainder of the magnificent plates to Audubon's world-famous 'Birds of America' have recently come into our possession. As enough of the plates are missing to make it impossible to make them up into complete sets, we have determined to sell them separately." A wonderful window into the market for Audubon in the Gilded Age, 141 plates are listed with prices from $5-$10 each.
Octavo (204 x 140mm). Stapled (extracted from previous binding, first and last leaves working loose). Custom cloth box.
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