AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851) and John BACHMAN (1790-1874). The Quadrupeds of North America . New York: V.G. Audubon, 1851-1854. 3 volumes, 8° (260 x 175 mm). 155 hand-colored lithographed plates by W.E. Hitchcock and R. Trembly after J.J. and John Wodehouse Audubon. (Lacking half-title to vols I and II?) Green morocco, tooled and decorated in gilt, gilt edges (vol. I rebacked preserving old spine, spine sunfaded and rubbed, corners bumped, lightly scuffed). Provenance : George S. Gibson Jr. (bookplate).
AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851) and John BACHMAN (1790-1874). The Quadrupeds of North America . New York: V.G. Audubon, 1851-1854. 3 volumes, 8° (260 x 175 mm). 155 hand-colored lithographed plates by W.E. Hitchcock and R. Trembly after J.J. and John Wodehouse Audubon. (Lacking half-title to vols I and II?) Green morocco, tooled and decorated in gilt, gilt edges (vol. I rebacked preserving old spine, spine sunfaded and rubbed, corners bumped, lightly scuffed). Provenance : George S. Gibson Jr. (bookplate). FIRST OCTAVO EDITION of Audubon's final great work. Issued in response to the success of a similar edition of The Birds of America , it contains all of the original 150 plates, with 5 of the 6 supplemental plates, reduced by means of the camera lucida. PLATES IN FINE CONDITION. Nissen ZBI 163; Sabin 2638.
AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851) and John BACHMAN (1790-1874). The Quadrupeds of North America . New York: V.G. Audubon, 1851-1854. 3 volumes, 8° (260 x 175 mm). 155 hand-colored lithographed plates by W.E. Hitchcock and R. Trembly after J.J. and John Wodehouse Audubon. (Lacking half-title to vols I and II?) Green morocco, tooled and decorated in gilt, gilt edges (vol. I rebacked preserving old spine, spine sunfaded and rubbed, corners bumped, lightly scuffed). Provenance : George S. Gibson Jr. (bookplate).
AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851) and John BACHMAN (1790-1874). The Quadrupeds of North America . New York: V.G. Audubon, 1851-1854. 3 volumes, 8° (260 x 175 mm). 155 hand-colored lithographed plates by W.E. Hitchcock and R. Trembly after J.J. and John Wodehouse Audubon. (Lacking half-title to vols I and II?) Green morocco, tooled and decorated in gilt, gilt edges (vol. I rebacked preserving old spine, spine sunfaded and rubbed, corners bumped, lightly scuffed). Provenance : George S. Gibson Jr. (bookplate). FIRST OCTAVO EDITION of Audubon's final great work. Issued in response to the success of a similar edition of The Birds of America , it contains all of the original 150 plates, with 5 of the 6 supplemental plates, reduced by means of the camera lucida. PLATES IN FINE CONDITION. Nissen ZBI 163; Sabin 2638.
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