Research Catalog
The birds of America
- Title
- The birds of America / [by] John James Audubon; with an introduction and descriptive text by William Vogt.
- Author
- Audubon, John James, 1785-1851.
- Publication
- New York : The Macmillan Company, 1937.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QL674 .A9 1937q Oversize | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Vogt, William, 1902-1968.
- Description
- xxvi p., 500 col. pl. on 250 . front. (port.); 32 cm.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Pictorial Work
- illustrated books.
- Illustrated works
- Pictorial works
- Illustrated works.
- Marbled papers.
- Ouvrages illustrés.
- Note
- The colored plates are preceded by a reproduction of the title-page of one of the original portfolios dated 1827-1830, not included in the paging.
- "This edition ... is limited to two thousand five hundred copies."
- "Of the ... 500 plates, the first 435 were originally published by Audubon in London, during the years 1827-1838 ... a set believed to be the finest in uncut state in America ... has ... been followed in making the present reproductions. The final sixty-five subjects were painted at a later date ... They were first reproduced in the octavo Birds of America published by Audubon in New York (and J. B. Chevalier in Philadelphia), 1840-1844. The present plates 436-500 are reproduced from that book."--Note.
- LCCN
- 37028771
- OCLC
- ocm00506950
- 506950
- SCSB-968720
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library