$4,500
Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Quadrupeds of North America . New York: V.G. Audubon, 1849-1854. Three octavo volumes, illustrated with 155 full-page hand-finished lithographs of the four-legged mammals of North America, from mouse to buffalo, including all of the herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores in between; plates 58 and 59 bound out of order, tissue guards mostly intact, bound in full pebbled green morocco, tooled in gilt, a.e.g., with a small member of the squirrel family perched on a birch tree tooled in gold on the front board of each volume, and on the back in blind, inner gilt dentelles, glossy white endleaves; without the lists of subscribers, front boards of volumes one and three detached, boards rubbed with surface damage, contents generally good, 10 x 6 3/4 in. (3)
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-11-17
