Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Ornithological Biography, with the Prospectus for The Birds of America. Philadelphia: Judah Dobson and H.H. Porter, 1831. First American edition, octavo, with Audubon's prospectus for The Birds of America at the end, including an early subscriber list; ex library copy, in contemporary half red morocco, cloth boards, worn, printed on inferior paper, as usual, 9 3/4 x 6 in. Audubon published the text for The Birds of America in this country to secure the U.S. copyright for the material.
Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Ornithological Biography, with the Prospectus for The Birds of America. Philadelphia: Judah Dobson and H.H. Porter, 1831. First American edition, octavo, with Audubon's prospectus for The Birds of America at the end, including an early subscriber list; ex library copy, in contemporary half red morocco, cloth boards, worn, printed on inferior paper, as usual, 9 3/4 x 6 in. Audubon published the text for The Birds of America in this country to secure the U.S. copyright for the material.
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