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Lot 58736:
Description
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
Condition report:
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.
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