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Año de publicación: 1968
Librería: BOOKFINDER, inc, Lawndale, NC, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Good. Hardback G+ overall, book is clean, tight and bright.
Publicado por Hammond Instrument Company, Maplewood, 1968
Librería: Artis Books & Antiques, Calumet, MI, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. (16)171pp. References. Indexed. 82 full color prints from Audubon. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Publicado por Hammond Incorporated, Maplewood, NJ, 1967
Librería: Prairie Creek Books LLC., Torrington, WY, Estados Unidos de America
Libro Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Illustrations by Author Ilustrador. 1st Edition. G/G, used hc, 307 pgs. Tan colored cloth over boards with tan colored text in brown box on upper and spine; slight shelf wear to head and tail of spine. Color illustrated dust jacket with black colored text on upper; lamination lifting on edges; tears and chips (photo available upon request); flaps creased. Interior pages clean, unmarked; color drawings throughout. Smoky smell. Binding is tight.
Publicado por Bonanza Books, New York, 1967
Librería: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hard Cover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Audubon, John James & John Woodhouse Ilustrador. Jacket is tanning, lightly foxed with minor chipping. Green boards with navy cloth spinecover, tanned on edges. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. This book will require extra charges for Priority or International shipping. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Publicado por Hammond Incorporated, 1968
Librería: Burm Booksellers, Beckley, WV, Estados Unidos de America
Libro Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition no number line. White color illustrated boards. Light shelf/edge wear, light toning soil from age/use. Slight corner bumped. Tight and square. 82 full color prints from The Quadrupeds of North America; original text by John James Audubon, and The Rev. John Bachman, D.D. Edited and with new text by Victor H. Cahalane. Foreword by Fairfield Osborn. Illustrated by John James Audubon and John Woodhouse Audubon.
Publicado por Hammond Incorporated, 1967
Librería: BookDepart, Shepherdstown, WV, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: UsedGood. Oversized hardcover; Classics Edition; edited and with new text by Victor H. Cahalane; foreword by Fairfield Osborn; illustrated by John James Audubon and John Woodhouse Audubon; light fading and shelf wear to exterior; bumps to top end of spine and top front edge; discolored spots to top page edge; otherwise in good condition with clean text, firm binding.
Publicado por Hammond Inc., Maplewood, NJ, 1967
Librería: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good+. John James Audubon and John Woodhouse Audubon Ilustrador. 308 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Very bright and clean. DJ has approx. 3/4" closed tear and approx. 3" closed tear from top edge of front panel. Approx. 1" long x 1/2" deep piece missing from top corner of front panel. Lightly soiled. Price clipped. Illust. w/ numerous color plates. Contents nice.
Publicado por Bonanza, New York, 1967
Librería: Abstract Books, Indianapolis, IN, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Audubon, John James, and John Woodhouse Audubon Ilustrador. Third Printing, this reprint. Folio. (xvi) 307 pages, index, color illustrations by John James Audubon and John Woodhouse Audubon; green boards/navy cloth. Very good+, Large corner cut blank front endpaper, a few tiny bumps cover edge; dust jacket very good-, mended tear, light wear.
Publicado por Hammond Inc, New Jersey, 1968
Librería: Muir Books [Robert Muir Old & Rare Books], PERTH, WA, Australia
Boards. Illustrated by John James Audubon and John Woodhouse Audubon Ilustrador. 4to, pp. xvi, 172, b/w frontis, colour ills., stamp ffep, original pictorial boards, rubbed, few marks, edges soiled. Paintings of the terrestrial mammals of North America.
Publicado por Hammond Incorporated, Maplewood, New Jersey, 1967
Librería: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Reprint. Quarto. 307pp. Edited with new text by Victor H. Cahalane. Foreword by Fairfield Osborn. Illustrated with 150 full color prints by John James Audubon and John Woodhouse Audubon. Foxing on half-title and cloth, very good lacking the dustwrapper.
Publicado por Hammond Inc, Maplewood, NJ, 1967
Librería: Gil's Book Loft, Binghamton, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Poor. 1st thus. Edited, and with new text, by Victor H. Cahalane. Foreword by Fairfield Osborne. Some illus by John Woodhouse. Color plates by Audubon. Very good, remains of dj, taupe cloth, oversized. 307 pgs 307 p. Book.
Publicado por 1st. Ed. Pub. Country Life. 1968, 1968
Librería: C. Arden (Bookseller) ABA, Hay-on-Wye, Reino Unido
pp.xvi, 307 with colour plates throughout. Large 4to. Hardback. Contents fine. Original green cloth binding in vg. condition with gilt lettering, with light bumping to fore-corners and a little loss to foot of spine. These paintings capture in great detail the breathtaking beauty of the four-footed creatures that populated the North American forests and plains of his time.
Publicado por Clountry Life Books, Feltham, M iddlesex, 1968
Librería: Washburn Books, Pateley Bridge, Reino Unido
Green Cloth Boards. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. First Thus. Account of the travels in North America of the French-American artist and naturalist John James Audubon (1785-1851). 307pp with index, illustrated with 150 animal paintings in colour, reproduced from the original 3-volume edition. Edited and with new text by Victor H Cahalane with foreword by Fairfield Osborn. Gilt lettering to top board and spine. Boards slightly bowed, top edges dusty and slight bumping to spine and top corner, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ edgeworn with two 1.5" tears and some surface wear. VERY HEAVY BOOK, extra postage may be requested. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Book.
Publicado por Volair Limited, 1979
Librería: Sleuth Books, FABA, Palm Coast, FL, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: FABA
Libro Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. Genuine burgundy leather with hubbed spines stamped with accents of 22kt gold. Pages are Smyth-sewn into the binding for permanence. Archival-quality paper, page edges gilded on three sides. Moire fabric endsheets and a satin-ribbon place marker. Appears unread!.
Publicado por Volair Limited, 1979
Librería: Sleuth Books, FABA, Palm Coast, FL, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: FABA
Libro Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. Genuine burgundy leather with hubbed spines stamped with accents of 22kt gold. Pages are Smyth-sewn into the binding for permanence. Archival-quality paper, page edges gilded on three sides. Moire fabric endsheets and a satin-ribbon place marker. Appears unread!.
Publicado por Volair Limited, 1979
Librería: Sleuth Books, FABA, Palm Coast, FL, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: FABA
Libro Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. Genuine burgundy leather with hubbed spines stamped with accents of 22kt gold. Pages are Smyth-sewn into the binding for permanence. Archival-quality paper, page edges gilded on three sides. Moire fabric endsheets and a satin-ribbon place marker. Appears unread!.
Publicado por Hammond Inc, 1968
Librería: Eurobooks Ltd, Nottingham, Reino Unido
Libro
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good minus. First. This book was presented to Sir Douglas Kendrew Governor of Western Australia by Walter L Rise American Ambassador. Hardcover with Dust Jacket Large Format. Fully illustrated. Book very good condition with the inscription from the Ambassador to first blank page. Dust Jacket Acceptable with creases and small tears to edges, tape repairs to the inside, foxing unclipped. U5B21. Walter Lyman Rice (19031998) was a notable figure in U.S. diplomacy. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Australia and made significant contributions during his tenure.
Publicado por Bonanza Books, New York, 1967
Librería: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Illustrated by John J. Audub Ilustrador. Slight Soil Spot on Front/Edges Soiled/Price Clipped Dust Jacket.
Publicado por Optimum Publishing Company Ltd, 1978
ISBN 10: 0888900872ISBN 13: 9780888900876
Librería: Vagabond Books, A.B.A.A., PASADENA, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Libro Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. VOLUME ONE ONLY BIRDS A FINE HARDCOVER.
Publicado por New York: Bonanza Books, [1967]., 1967
Librería: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. folio. pp. xvi, 307. 151 colour illus. quartercloth. dw. (extremities slightly chipped, short tear to back). Freitag 287.
Publicado por Audubon, 1849
Original o primera edición
softcover. Condición: very good. first octavo edition. First octavo edition, in original wrappers. This is vol. 10 only. With 5 colored plates. In very good condition, rear cover almost separated from spine.
Publicado por V. G. Audubon (1849)-1856, New York, 1849
Librería: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Early Edition. Early Octavo Edition of the first two volumes, lacking the third volume. Two volumes in publisher's full brown morocco leather elaborately embossed and stamped, the spine with five raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; 7" x 10-3/4" with half-title pages. These two volumes complete with 100 hand-colored lithographs with tissue guards. Owner name dated 1876 on first blank of each volume. Toning, foxing, and darkening, sometimes heavy, to the text and a bit less so to the plates. Binding quite nice. Overall Very Good.
Publicado por John James Audubon, New York, 1845
Librería: Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA), New York, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Arte / Grabado / Póster
Hand-colored lithograph by John T. Bowen of Philadelphia after a watercolor from nature by Audubon. Sheet: (21 1/2 x 27 3/8 inches). A sublime image of a bobcat from the greatest 19th-century work of natural history illustration produced in America, Audubon's "Viviparous Quadrupeds." This fine plate is from the Imperial folio edition of Audubon's The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, which was produced entirely in the United States. The American Wild-Cat was the first plate produced for the book and it reflects Audubon's unerring sense of the dramatic. This is the Wild-Cat as he is encountered: fierce, ready to attack, and fearsomely beautiful. This first plate also demonstrates an aspect of the work not often acknowledged: Audubon had been persuaded to produce the prints using lithography rather than copperplate etching, as in The Birds of America, by John T. Bowen, who guaranteed that the fur of the animals depicted would be as fine as they would have been had they been etched. Clearly, Bowen proved his point in this splendid image. The production of the Quadrupeds was begun by Audubon, his sons, and the naturalist Reverend John Bachman at about the same time as the commercially-successful octavo edition of The Birds of America. Unlike the double-elephant folio, the Quadrupeds was produced entirely in the United States. Reese notes that "By 1843 the Audubon family business was a well-oiled machine, involving John James, his two sons, and various in-laws and friends. The octavo Birds was still in production when Bowen began to produce the plates for the elephant folio edition of the Quadrupeds, the largest successful color-plate book project of nineteenth-century America. It took the family five years to publish 150 plates in thirty parts. The massive project was a commercial success, thanks to the close management of Victor. There were about three hundred subscribers." [Reese] Like Birds of America, the Viviparous Quadrupeds was intended to be a comprehensive visual catalog of North America animalia, with Audubon's focus here shifting from birds to four-legged land mammals. Accompanying each image was correlating didactic text, written primarily by Bachman, that informed the reader of the animal's habits, diet, habitat, and gestational period. Totaling 150 prints, the project was rushed to completion as Audubon's health declined. Emerging in the shadow of its acclaimed predecessor, Birds of America, the Viviparous Quadrupeds has not received the adequate attention nor recognition it so richly deserves. This image of the Lynx rufus, or bobcat, is rendered at 3/4th scale and was executed in 1842, three years prior to publication. Bennett, p.5. Reese, Stamped with a National Character 36. Sabin 2367. Wood, p.209.
Publicado por John James Audubon, New York, 1849
Librería: Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA), New York, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Arte / Grabado / Póster Original o primera edición
First edition hand-colored lithograph by John T. Bown of Philadelphia after John James Audubon. Sheet: (21 3/4 x 27 3/4 inches). An iconic image of Western Americana from the folio first edition of Audubon's "Quadrupeds of North America," the greatest work of natural history illustration produced in America during the nineteenth century: "As long as our civilization lasts, America will be in debt to this genius." [Peterson] This fine plate is from the folio edition of Audubon's The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, which was produced entirely in the United States. The work was Audubon's last, and by 1846 he had to hand over the drawing of the final fifty plates to his sons, John Woodhouse and Victor Audubon. The final parts of this work of national importance were published after his death in 1851, but the images remain a fitting memorial to the greatest American wildlife artist. The production of the Quadrupeds was begun by Audubon and his sons at about the same time as the commercially-successful octavo edition of The Birds of America. Unlike the double-elephant folio, the Quadrupeds was produced entirely in the United States. Reese notes that "By 1843, the Audubon family business was a well-oiled machine, involving John James, his two sons, and various in-laws and friends. The octavo Birds was still in production when Bowen began to produce the plates for the elephant folio edition of the Quadrupeds, the largest successful color-plate book project of 19th-century America. It took the family five years to publish 150 plates in thirty parts. The massive project was a commercial success, thanks to the close management of Victor. There were about three hundred subscribers." [Reese] Like Birds of America, the Viviparous Quadrupeds was intended to be a comprehensive visual catalog of North America animalia, with Audubon's focus here shifting from birds to four-legged land mammals. Accompanying each image was correlating didactic text, written primarily by Bachman, that informed the reader of the animal's habits, diet, habitat, and gestational period. Totaling 150 prints, the project was rushed to completion as Audubon's health declined. Emerging in the shadow of its acclaimed predecessor, Birds of America, the Viviparous Quadrupeds has not received the adequate attention nor recognition it so richly deserves. This image is of a male American buffalo, the most iconic animal indigenous to North America, whose presence was integral for Native American life, and whose near-extinction spurred on the conservation movement in the US. The buffalo today is the state animal of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming. Bennet, p.5. Peterson, Birds of America, passim. Reese, Stamped with a National Character 36. Sabin 2367. Wood, p.209.
Publicado por New York: George L. Lockwood, [ca. 1870]., 1870
Librería: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Three volumes. Illustrated with 155 hand-colored lithographic plates by W.E. Hitchcock and R. Trembly after J.J. and John Wodehouse Audubon. Fourth octavo edition. Royal 8vo. Publisher's original full brown morocco, with elaborate design in blind to borders of boards, spines with five raised bands, gilt lettering, and decoration in blind, red marbled endpapers, and all edges gilt. Very good or better set, with light rubbing to spines (bright gilt) and corners, early 20th century ownership inscription by industrialist J. G. Bradley to front flyleaf of Vol. I, some occasional light staining and soiling to pages and plates, discrete repair to "Moose Deer" plate between pp. 178-179 in Vol. 2, and a closed tear to bottom edge of "Carolina Shrew" plate between pp. 176-177 in Vol. 2. Overall, a gorgeous set. First published as "The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America" in 30 parts between 1845 and 1848, this was the last major work by artist and naturalist John James Audubon, best known for his ambitious ornithological color-plate book, Birds of America (1827-1838). Audubon began working on Quadrupeds in the late 1830s, and even traveled out west in 1843 to study North American animals in their natural habitats for the project. Because of his failing health Audubon only drew about half of the 155 animals featured in Quadrupeds - the other half were drawn by his son, John Woodhouse Audubon. Other key contributors to the project were Audubon's other son, Victor Gifford Audubon, who provided landscape artwork, printmaker John T. Bowen, who hand-colored the drawings, and naturalist and clergyman John Bachman, who wrote scientific descriptions for the animals. Audubon biographer William Souder called Quadrupeds "an incomplete but beautiful farewell from an American master." The work has also been called "the most successful large color-plate book to be produced in America in the 19th century" (Christie's). This copy includes a gift inscription from industrialist Joseph Gardner ("J. G.") Bradley (1888 - 1971) to his wife, Mabel Warren Bradley. The son of Supreme Court Justice member Joseph P. Bradley, J. G. held several important positions in his lifetime, including president of the Elk River Coal & Lumber Company and president of the West Virginia Coal Association.
Publicado por V.G. Audubon, New York, 1854
Librería: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Libro Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Fair. 1st Edition. Three volumes, first editions; Volume 1-1849, Volume 2-1851, Volume 3-1854 Please inquire for more information. BP/Case.
Publicado por John James Audubon, New York, 1849
Librería: Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA), New York, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Arte / Grabado / Póster Original o primera edición
First edition hand-colored lithograph by John T. Bowen of Philadelphia after John James Audubon. Sheet: (22 x 28 inches). An iconic image of Western Americana from the folio first edition of Audubon's "Quadrupeds of North America," the greatest work of natural history illustration produced in America during the nineteenth century: "As long as our civilization lasts, America will be in debt to this genius." [Peterson] This fine plate is from the folio edition of Audubon's The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, which was produced entirely in the United States. The work was Audubon's last, and by 1846 he had to hand over the drawing of the final fifty plates to his sons, John Woodhouse and Victor Audubon. The production of the Quadrupeds was begun by Audubon and his sons at about the same time as the commercially-successful octavo edition of The Birds of America. Unlike the double-elephant folio, the Quadrupeds was produced entirely in the United States. Reese notes that "By 1843, the Audubon family business was a well-oiled machine, involving John James, his two sons, and various in-laws and friends. The octavo Birds was still in production when Bowen began to produce the plates for the folio edition of the Quadrupeds, the largest successful color-plate book project of 19th-century America. It took the family five years to publish 150 plates in thirty parts. The massive project was a commercial success, thanks to the close management of Victor. There were about three hundred subscribers." [Reese] Like Birds of America, the Viviparous Quadrupeds was intended to be a comprehensive visual catalog of North America animalia, with Audubon's focus here shifting from birds to four-legged land mammals. Accompanying each image was correlating didactic text, written primarily by Bachman, that informed the reader of the animal's habits, diet, habitat, and gestational period. Totaling 150 prints, the project was rushed to completion as Audubon's health declined. Emerging in the shadow of its acclaimed predecessor, Birds of America, the Viviparous Quadrupeds has not received the adequate attention nor recognition it so richly deserves. This image is of a family of American buffalo, the most iconic animal indigenous to North America, whose presence was integral for Native American life, and whose near-extinction spurred on the conservation movement in the US. The buffalo is today the state animal of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming. Bennett, p.5. Peterson, Birds of America, passim. Reese Stamped with a National Character 36. Sabin 2367. Wood, p.209.
Publicado por V. G. Audubon 1851-1851-1854, New York, 1851
Librería: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. First Edition. Second Octavo Edition of the first volume, First Editions of the second and third. Three volumes in modern half black morocco leather with matching corners, retaining the original marbled boards, all edges marbled; 6-3/4" x 10-3/8"; viii, 383, [1] pages; [2], 334 pages; [2], 348, [iv] pages with half-title page in the third volume. Complete with 155 hand-colored lithographs with tissue guards by R. Trembly (first volume) and William E. Hitchcock (second and third volumes), after J. A. and J. W. Audubon. Bennett, page 5; Nissen ZBI 163; Reese STAMPED WITH A NATIONAL CHARACTER 38; Sabin 2638; Wood, page 208. Some generally minor toning and spotting to the text, as usual, a few plate imprints slightly shaved; the tissue guards are occasionally a bit foxed and discolored, but the plates are bright and free from foxing and other defects. Tears with slight loss to lower margin of pages 3-6 and to the margin of Plate XVI, text and image not affected. Hinges reinforced with cloth, first signature of first volume reinforced at gutter. Attractive set with lovely hand-colored plates.
Publicado por New York: J.J. Audubon, 1845-46-48., 1845
Librería: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Libro Original o primera edición Ejemplar firmado
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. "3 volumes, imperial folio (27 1/4 x 21 1/4 in.; 69.2 x 54 cm). 3 lithographed title-pages and 3 letterpress contents leaves, 150 lithographed plates by J. T. Bowen after John James and James Woodhouse Audubon, backgrounds after Victor Gifford Audubon, handcolored and heightened with gum arabic; title-pages and contents leaves foxed and creased, with small stain in lower right corners, inner margin of vol. 3 title tearing away from text block, neat repairs to tears (most 1-2 in., one approximately 6 in.) on 7 plates, light marginal foxing or mottling to about 9 plates, 3 plates toned (one on verso rather than recto), pl. 65 (Little Harvest Mouse) creased the length of the plate, dark stain in lower right corner of pl. 89 (Say's Squirrel). Modern half burgundy morocco over grey cloth, spines in 6 compartments gilt, morocco presentation label on front cover of vol. 1; extremities a bit worn with some minor losses and tears, lower board of vol. 3 scratched. [Together with]: 3 text volumes, 8vo (11 x 7 1/4 in.; 27.9 x 18.4 cm). New York: J. J. Audubon, 1856 (in roman numerals)-V. G. Audubon, 1851 (in roman numerals). Title-page for vol. 3 supplied with a vol. 1 title-page with volume number altered in ink to read "III,"half-title in vol. 1 only, list of subscribers in vol. 1 continued into vol. 2; half-title slightly trimmed, lacks the 5 supplemental handcolored lithographed plates, many leaves roughly opened (some left unopened), dampstaining in vol. 1, quires 8-48 progressively more pronounced, vol. 2 title and pp. 1-3 guarded, tissue repair to top margin of p. 3, text block cracked but intact between pp. 6-7, vol. 3 title tipped in with first text leaf. Grey cloth by Knowlton dated 1962, smooth spines lettered gilt. FIRST EDITION OF THE ONE OF THE GREATEST COLORPLATE BOOKS PRODUCED ENTIRELY IN AMERICA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY V. G. AUDUBON in the second text volume: "To Dr. A. V. Williams | with the best wishes of his | obliged friend | V. G. Audubon." After an unsuccessful attempt to secure federal funding for his "Great Western Journey," Audubon determined that the commercial potential of the Quadrupeds was sufficient to risk funding the expedition himself. "To render [the Quadrupeds] more complete, I will leave the comforts of my home and beloved family, bound to the Rocky Mountains I cannot tell how long I may be absent, but look to return loaded up knowledge, new and abundant specimens on the shot and not from stuffed museums' moth-eaten remains. I am told that I am too old to undertake such a long and arduous journey, but having the will, I will no doubt safely bear or even surmount the difficulties" (letter to C. Bonaparte, February, 1843, quoted by Rhodes). To his collaborator the Rev. James Bachman, he exclaimed "I am growing old, but what of this? My spirits are as enthusiastical as ever, my legs full able to carry my body for ten years to come, and in about two of these I expect the illustrations out, and ere the following twelve months have elapsed, their histories studied, their descriptions carefully prepared and the book printed!" (Streshinsky, Audubon: Life and Art in the American Wilderness, p. 332). It was to be J.J. Audubon's last major endeavor. Returning home in late fall of 1843 aged 58 and in declining health, he delegated many of the smaller mammals to his son John Woodhouse to draw and the backgrounds to his youngest, Victor Gifford, who also supervised the printing and publication. Despite Audubon's optimistic timeline for the completed work, it took the family five years to publish 150 plates in thirty parts. The first proofs were ready in 1842, but Audubon was Audubon's lithographer J.T. Bowen was immersed in the production of the octavo set of The Birds of America. The last part of the octavo Birds appeared in May, 1844, and publication of the folio Quadrupeds began immediately, with the first number being issued in January, 1845 and the first volume completed ". Inscribed by Author(s).
Publicado por New York: J.J. Audubon, 1845-46-48, 1845
Librería: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Libro Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. "3 volumes, imperial folio (27 1/4 x 21 in.; 69.2 x 53.3 cm). 3 lithographed title-pages and 3 letterpress contents leaves, 150 lithographed plates by J. T. Bowen after John James and James Woodhouse Audubon, backgrounds after Victor Gifford Audubon, handcolored and heightened with gum arabic; title-pages creased, short tear at bottom of vol. 1 title repaired, vol. 2 contents leaf creased, upper margin of pl. 51 (Canada Otter) creased, lower right corner of pl. 104 (Collies Squirrel) and left margin of pl. 148 (Tawny Weasel) chipped, minor spotting in top margin of pl. 111 (Musk Ox), pl. 129 (Northern Meadow Mouse) misnumbered 124. A FINE, FRESH AND BRILLIANTLY COLORED COPY. [Together with]: 3 text volumes, 8vo (11 x 7 1/2 in.; 28 x 19.1 cm). New York: J. J. Audubon, 1851; V.G. Audubon, 1851-54. 5 supplemental handcolored lithographed plates by J.T. Bowen in vol. 3, half-titles in vols. 1 and 3 only; lacks subscriber's list, quires 39-42 in vol. 2 misnumbered "VOL. III - 19; 40; 41; and 42." Uniformly bound in contemporary half brown morocco gilt: folios over brick red cloth with yellow-coated endpapers and text volumes over marbled boards with marbled endpapers; endpapers creased in folio volumes. FIRST EDITION OF THE ONE OF THE GREATEST COLORPLATE BOOKS PRODUCED ENTIRELY IN AMERICA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. After an unsuccessful attempt to secure federal funding for his "Great Western Journey," Audubon determined that the commercial potential of the Quadrupeds was sufficient to risk funding the expedition himself. "To render [the Quadrupeds] more complete, I will leave the comforts of my home and beloved family, bound to the Rocky Mountains I cannot tell how long I may be absent, but look to return loaded up knowledge, new and abundant specimens on the shot and not from stuffed museums' moth-eaten remains. I am told that I am too old to undertake such a long and arduous journey, but having the will, I will no doubt safely bear or even surmount the difficulties" (letter to C. Bonaparte, February, 1843, quoted by Rhodes). To his collaborator the Rev. James Bachman, he exclaimed "I am growing old, but what of this? My spirits are as enthusiastical as ever, my legs full able to carry my body for ten years to come, and in about two of these I expect the illustrations out, and ere the following twelve months have elapsed, their histories studied, their descriptions carefully prepared and the book printed!" (Streshinsky, Audubon: Life and Art in the American Wilderness, p. 332). It was to be J.J. Audubon's last major endeavor. Returning home in late fall of 1843 aged 58 and in declining health, he delegated many of the smaller mammals to his son John Woodhouse to draw and the backgrounds to his youngest, Victor Gifford, who also supervised the printing and publication. Despite Audubon's optimistic timeline for the completed work, it took the family five years to publish 150 plates in thirty parts. The first proofs were ready in 1842, but Audubon was Audubon's lithographer J.T. Bowen was immersed in the production of the octavo set of The Birds of America. The last part of the octavo Birds appeared in May, 1844, and publication of the folio Quadrupeds began immediately, with the first number being issued in January, 1845 and the first volume completed within the year. The accompanying octavo text volumes, written and edited by Rev. John Bachman, first appeared between 1846 and 1854. "The massive project was a commercial success, thanks to the close management of Victor" (Reese), attracting a total number of 300 subscribers. REFERENCES: Bennett p. 5; McGill/Wood 208; Nissen ZBI 162; Reese 36; Sabin 2367 PROVENANCE: Folio Volumes: "W Coll 9119 [-9121]" (shelfmarks on endpapers) and "XBCA AU2" (shelfmarks at foot of spines). L64V5E".