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Audubon's Birds of America, First Edition - Volume with 48 Lithographs

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Audubon's Birds of America, First Edition - Volume with 48 Lithographs

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This is volume 7 of a re-bound collection with 48 hand-colored lithographs is John James Audubon's first octavo edition of Birds of America published in 1841. The plates were completed under the direct supervision of J. J. Audubon. The lithography and hand-coloring was completed by J. T. Bowen. This volume was rebound in black morocco.

Prints from Birds of America are amongst the most sought after and collectible of hand-colored American prints. The first edition was the only one to be completed using strictly hand-coloring.

John James Audubon (1785-1851) is perhaps the most famous of early American naturalists. Birds of America is one of the best examples of hand-colored work in America and is highly collectible.

Included in this volume:

Plate 421: Frigate Pelican Man of War Bird

Plate 422: American White Pelican

Plate 423: Brown Pelican

Plate 424: Brown Pelican

Plate 425: Common Gannet

Plate 426: Booby Gannet

Plate 427: Tropic Bird

Plate 428: Black Skimmer or Shearwater

Plate 429: Cayenne Tern

Plate 430: Gull-billed Tern, Marsh Tern

Plate 431: Sandwich Tern

Plate 432: Sooty Tern

Plate 433: Common Tern

Plate 434: Havells Tern

Plate 435: Trudeau's Tern

Plate 436: Arctic Tern

Plate 437: Roseate Tern

Plate 438: Black Tern

Plate 439: Least Tern

Plate 440: Noddy Tern

Plate 441: Fork-tailed Gull

Plate 442: Bonapartes Gull

Plate 443: Black-headed Gull

Plate 444: Kittiwake Gull

Plate 445: Ivory Gull

Plate 446: Common American GullRing-billed Gull

Plate 447: White-winged Silvery Gull

Plate 448: Herring or Silvery Gull

Plate 449: Glaucus Gull-Burgomaster

Plate 450: Great Black-backed Gull

Plate 451: Pomerine Jager

Plate 452: Richardson Jager

Plate 453: Arctic Jager

Plate 454: Dusky Albatross

Plate 455: Fulmar Petrel

Plate 456: Wandering Shearwater

Plate 457: Manks Shearwater

Plate 458: Dusky Shearwater

Plate 459: Leach's Petrel Forked-tailed Petrel

Plate 460: Wilson's Petrel Mother Carey's Chicken

Plate 461: Least PetrelMother Carey's Chicken

Plate 462: Tufted Puffin

Plate 463: Large billed Puffin

Plate 464: Common or Arctic Puffin

Plate 465: Great Auk (Extinct)

Plate 466: Razor-billed Auk

Plate 467: Curled-crested Phaleris

Plate 468: Knobbed-billed Phaleris

Paper Size ~ 6 3/8" by 10"

Condition

The work is in good to very good condition overall. Some of the plates exhibit light text offset, toning, or scattered fox marks which is common to Audubon's works. They are mostly free of any signs of handling, better than average condition of plates overall for Audubon works. There is some light scattered foxing mostly to the text. Please review the image carefully for condition and contact us with any questions.