The Original Water-Color Paintings by John James Audubon for The Birds of America (1966)

John James Audubon; Marshall B. Davidson. THE ORIGINAL WATER-COLOR PAINTINGS BY JOHN JAMES AUDUBON FOR THE BIRDS OF AMERICA. New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., 1966. (2) vols. (complete). Stated "Original Edition." Hardcovers in gilt-stamped brown cloth-covered boards with marbled endpapers; in original slipcase. Folios; xxxi, [1], 1-223 color plates; 224-431 color plates, xxxiii-lv, [1] with index. With some plates folding; portrait frontispiece in vol. I.

Each volume 13 1/2 x 11 in.; DOA 14 1/8 x 11 1/4 in.

From a Private Pinehurst, North Carolina Collection

"Reproduced in color for the first time from the collection at The New-York Historical Society."

Minor wear to boards; foxing to page edges and occasional foxing and spotting at outer margins; pages with occasional light mark and a few text pages and plates in vol. I with areas of red pigment; slipcase still sturdy but with light scuffing, a few small tears, wear to edges with some areas of separation, and the back panel lifting.

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