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The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories

1840–44
Not on view
First American edition. Vols. I-VII. The first octavo edition of text and plates, known as "The Birds in Miniature". (1) 1840, blank leaf, title page, pp. (v)-viii, (11)-236, blank leaf, plates 1 - 70. (2) 1841, blank leaf, title page, pp. (v)-vii, (11)-205, blank leaf, plates 71-140. (3) 1841, blank leaf, title page, pp. (v)-viii, (9)-233, leaf, blank leaf, plates 141 - 210 (plates 187 and 188 interchanged). (4) 1842, blank leaf, title page, pp. (v)-viii, (9)-321, leaf, blank leaf, plates 211 - 280. (5) 1842, blank leaf, title page, pp. (v)-Viii, (9)-346, (2 pages 203, 293), leaf, blank leaf, plates 281 - 350 (& 295). (6) 1843, (published by Audubon alone, New York and Philadelphia), blank leaf, title page, pp. (v)-viii, (9)-457 (2 pages 57 & 59), leaf, blank leaf, plates 351-420. (7) 1844 (published by Audubon alone, New York and Philadelphia), blank leaf, title page, pp. (v)-ix, (9)-371, leaf, blank leaf, pl. 421 - 500. Index to whole work is in Vol. 7. Set bound in brown marbled paper boards, tan leather spine and corners. Title insert stamped and gilded on spine.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories
  • Artist: After John James Audubon (American (born Haiti), Les Cayes (Saint-Domingue) 1785–1851 New York)
  • Lithographer: John T. Bowen (American, ca. 1801–?1856)
  • Publisher: J. B. Chevalier (Phildelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • Publisher: John James Audubon (American (born Haiti), Les Cayes (Saint-Domingue) 1785–1851 New York)
  • Published in: Philadelphia; New York
  • Date: 1840–44
  • Medium: Illustrations: hand-colored lithographs
  • Dimensions: Overall: 10 5/8 x 7 1/16 in. (27 x 18 cm)
    sheet: 10 7/16 x 6 1/2 in. (26.5 x 16.5 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Darwin S. Morse, 1963
  • Object Number: 63.709.5(1–7)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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