from Drawings made in the United States and their Territories, 7 vol., second 8vo edition, half-titles in vol.1-5, 500 hand-coloured tinted lithographed plates by J.T.Bowen after Audubon, tissue guards, illustrations, titles browned, foxing to text and guards, plates generally very clean, one with offsetting from silk marker, one plate and two leaves of text in vol.4 loose, vol.4 and 7 with upper hinge broken, publisher's blind-stamped morocco, g.e., rubbed and rather scuffed, [Anker 19; Nissen IVB 52; Sabin 2364], large 8vo, New York, V.G. Audubon, 1856. *** The first 8vo edition with the backgrounds tinted or coloured.
from Drawings made in the United States and their Territories, 7 vol., second 8vo edition, half-titles in vol.1-5, 500 hand-coloured tinted lithographed plates by J.T.Bowen after Audubon, tissue guards, illustrations, titles browned, foxing to text and guards, plates generally very clean, one with offsetting from silk marker, one plate and two leaves of text in vol.4 loose, vol.4 and 7 with upper hinge broken, publisher's blind-stamped morocco, g.e., rubbed and rather scuffed, [Anker 19; Nissen IVB 52; Sabin 2364], large 8vo, New York, V.G. Audubon, 1856. *** The first 8vo edition with the backgrounds tinted or coloured.
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