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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 image 1
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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 image 3
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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

15 September 2021, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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AUDUBON (JOHN JAMES)

The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories, 7 vol., fourth octavo edition, 500 hand-coloured lithographed plates, tissue guards (a few missing), some spotting throughout (mostly to text), light dampstain in lower fore-corner of a few opening leaves to volumes 2, 3 and 7, pp.71/72 text leaf in volume 1 with blank upper corner torn away, original blind-stamped brown morocco, lettered "Bird of America" on upper cover, lettered in gilt on spines, g.e., some rubbing and abrasions, the spine of volume 6 heavily stained, large 8vo (268 x 170mm.), New York, V.G. Audubon, 1860

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.

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