



AUDUBON (JOHN JAMES) The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories, 7 vol., New York, V.G. Audubon, 1860
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AUDUBON (JOHN JAMES)
Footnotes
The relatively rare fourth octavo edition differs from the first octavo edition of 1840-1844: "The plain backgrounds of the original 8vo are replaced by tinted ones; those which were tinted are altered in tone or some minor detail. Many of the elaborate scenic backgrounds of the original folio, which were modified or eliminated in the first 8vo, have been replaced and in some cases the size of the figures has been altered in consequence" (Ayer/Zimmer). The text was reset from the first octavo edition, reduced down to five volumes with the intention of accompanying the 1860 large folio edition being prepared by Julius Bien.