Description:
Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Birds of America. New York: V.G. Audubon, 1856
Second edition, seven octavo volumes, illustrated throughout with five hundred chromolithographs of birds, all volumes with the half-titles, bound in uniform full black pebbled morocco, with elaborate gilt stamping to boards, a.e.g., inner gilt dentelles, rebacked sympathetically and carefully, the old spines laid down, the leather in good condition, corners still crisp, contents with foxing throughout, to text leaves and tissue guards, plates generally spared, some water staining, 10 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (7)
Provenance: Estate of Charles Paine Fisher.
Estimate $8,000-10,000
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