Audubon, John James and John Bachman

The Quadrupeds of North America. New York: V. G. Audubon, 1854



3 volumes, in 8s (10 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.; 260 x 172 mm). 155 handcolored lithographed plates after J. J. Audubon and J. W. Audubon, backgrounds after Victor Audubon, by J. T. Bowen, all with tissue guards; very occasional spotting without affecting plates. Publisher's brown blindstamped morocco, spines gilt, edges gilt; edges rubbed, some corners scratched.

Walter Phelps Bliss & Katherine Baldwin Bliss (bookplate)

Bennett 5; Nissen, ZBI 163; Reese, American Color Plate Books 38; Sabin 2368

The Quadrupeds of North America. New York: V. G. Audubon, 1854 3 volumes, in 8s (10 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.; 260 x 172 mm). 155 handcolored lithographed plates after J. J. Audubon and J. W. Audubon, backgrounds after Victor Audubon, by J. T. Bowen, all with tissue guards; very occasional spotting without affecting plates. Publisher's brown blindstamped morocco, spines gilt, edges gilt; edges rubbed, some corners scratched.
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The octavo edition of the Quadrupeds, containing the 150 plates from the folio edition and five of the six plates from the rare 1854 supplement to that work.