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The birds of America; from original drawings

Title: The birds of America; from original drawings by John James Audubon ...
Author: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851.
Publication: London, Pub. by the author, 1827-38.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	Stuart 476-479	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	QMO++++ (Audubon, J. J. Birds of America)	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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4 v. CCCCXXXV col. pl.; 99.5 cm.

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Engraved t.-p.
Imprint dates: v. 1, 1827-30; v. 2, 1831-34; v. 3, 1834-35; v. 4, 1835-38, June 20.
Plate LXIV drawn from nature by Lucy Audubon.
Plates I-II, VI-VII engraved by W.H. Lizars, retouched by R. Havell, junr.; pl. VIII-IX engraved by W.H. Lizars; pl. III-V, CI-CV, CVIII, CX engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell, junr.; pl. X-C, CVI-CVII, CIX, CXII-CCCCXXXV engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell.
Plates II, VII dated 1829; pl. CVI-CX, CXII-CVX dated 1831; pl. CXXXI-CXL, CXLIII-CLV dated 1832; pl. CLVI-CLXXVII, CLXXIX-CLXXXII, CLXXXIV-CLXXXV dated 1833; pl. CLXXXVI-CXCVII, CXCIX, CCII-CCXXXV dated 1834; pl. CCXXXVI-CCLXXXV, CCLXXXVII, CCLXXXIX-CCXC dated 1835; pl. CCLXXXVI, CCLXXXVIII, CCXCI-CCCL dated 1836; pl. CCCLI-CCCC dated 1837; pl. CCCCI-CCCCXXXV dated 1838.
Originally issued in 87 parts.
"The plates were published without any text, to avoid the necessity of furnishing copies gratis to the public libraries in England, agreeably to the law of copyright."--Sabin, A dictionary of books relating to America, v. 1, p. 315.
Text to accompany the plates was published in 5 vols., rl. 8vo., Edinburgh, 1831-39, under title "Ornithological biography, or, An account of the habits of the birds of the United States of America ..." Later editions, of text and plates combined, with alterations, were published in 7 and 8 vols., rl. 8vo., under title "The birds of America, from drawings made in the United States and their territories".

Call Number

QMO++++ (Audubon, J. J. Birds of America)

LCCN

06018534 //r853

OCLC

8320196

Author

Audubon, John James, 1785-1851.

Title

The birds of America; from original drawings by John James Audubon ...

Imprint

London, Pub. by the author, 1827-38.

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Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859. Illustrator

Havell, Robert, 1793-1878.

Research Call Number

QMO++++ (Audubon, J. J. Birds of America)

Stuart 476-479