AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851). The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories. New York: J.J. Audubon; Philadelphia: J.B. Chevalier, [1839-]1840-1844.

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AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851). The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories. New York: J.J. Audubon; Philadelphia: J.B. Chevalier, [1839-]1840-1844.

7 volumes, royal 8o (261 x 173 mm). Half-titles; subscribers' lists. (Some spotting to text.) 500 hand-colored lithographed plates after Audubon by W.E. Hitchcock, R. Trembly and others, printed and colored by J.T. Bowen, wood-engraved anatomical diagrams in text (scattered light foxing and offsetting to some plates). Contemporary green morocco, gilt- and blind-stamped on covers, spines gilt, edges gilt (some rubbing at corners and edges, covers of vols. I and VI hinges cracked). Provenance: Albert Johnson (pencil signature dated 1922 in vol. I).

FIRST OCTAVO EDITION of John James Audubon's masterpiece. Audubon created 65 new images for the octavo edition, supplementing the original 435 of the double-elephant folio edition of 1827-38. The resulting series of 500 plates constitute the most extensive American color-plate book produced up to that time. The Philadelphia printer J.T. Bowen reduced the double-elephant plates by camera lucida and the resulting lithographs show significant changes in the backgrounds and compositions. The original configurations were altered so that only one species is depicted per plate. The text is a revision of the Ornithological Biography, rearranged according to Audubon's A Synopsis of the Birds of North America (1839). Ayer/Zimmer, p.22; Bennett, p.5; McGill/Wood, p.208; Nissen IVB 51; Reese 34; Sabin 2364. A FINE COPY IN A DELUXE BINDING.

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