AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES and Rev . JOHN BACHMAN. The Quadrupeds of North America. New York: V. G. Audubon 1849-51-54. 3 vols., 8vo, 259 x 179 mm. (10 1/4 x 7 in.), nineteenth-century pebble-grain morocco gilt, g.e., stab-holes evident throughout, very worn, half of vol. 3 spine torn away, some rodent damage to edges, pp. 1:91-94 and 2:3-6 detached, pl. XI torn and frayed around edges, affecting caption, soiling and browning to text and a few plates, light text offset to plates . FIRST OCTAVO EDITION of vols. 1 and 3, Second edition of vol. 2, half-titles, subscribers list in vol. 2, 155 hand-finished color lithograph plates by J. T. Bowen from the drawings on stone by W. E. Hitchcock and R. Trembley, after J. A. and J. W. Audubon. Bennett, p. 5; Nissen ZBI 163. Provenance : P. J. Phillips ink-stamps on title-pages. (3)
AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES and Rev . JOHN BACHMAN. The Quadrupeds of North America. New York: V. G. Audubon 1849-51-54. 3 vols., 8vo, 259 x 179 mm. (10 1/4 x 7 in.), nineteenth-century pebble-grain morocco gilt, g.e., stab-holes evident throughout, very worn, half of vol. 3 spine torn away, some rodent damage to edges, pp. 1:91-94 and 2:3-6 detached, pl. XI torn and frayed around edges, affecting caption, soiling and browning to text and a few plates, light text offset to plates . FIRST OCTAVO EDITION of vols. 1 and 3, Second edition of vol. 2, half-titles, subscribers list in vol. 2, 155 hand-finished color lithograph plates by J. T. Bowen from the drawings on stone by W. E. Hitchcock and R. Trembley, after J. A. and J. W. Audubon. Bennett, p. 5; Nissen ZBI 163. Provenance : P. J. Phillips ink-stamps on title-pages. (3)
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