Plates from Audubon's Birds of America
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Author: Audubon, John James
Title: Collection of 202 hand-colored lithographed plates from the octavo edition Audubon's "The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories"
Place Published: New York & Philadelphia
Publisher: Various Publishers
Date Published: c.1840-1871
Description:
Author: Audubon, John James
Title: Collection of 202 hand-colored lithographed plates from the octavo edition Audubon's "The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories"
Place Published: New York & Philadelphia
Publisher: Various Publishers
Date Published: c.1840-1871
Description:
Plates are loose in acetate sleeves in three modern flexible calf binders. Plates measure 26x17 cm (10¼x6¾"); binders are 31x26 cm (12¼x10¼").
A wide variety of birds from Audubon's groundbreaking work. Included are the title-pages of Vol. I (1840) and Vol. IV (1842) of the 7-volume edition. There are a few duplicate plates in the collection.
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Generally very good condition, sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.
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Plates from Audubon's Birds of America
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