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