$3,500
New York: V. G. Audubon, 1854. 2 (of 3) vols. only, comprising vols. 2 and 3. 8vo, publisher's gilt-decorated dark green morocco, gilt-lettered spines, a.e.g., pale yellow endpapers. With 105 hand-colored lithographed plates (vol. 2 = 50; vol. 3 = 55) after John James Audubon, drawn on stone by W.E. Hitchcock and printed and colored by J.T. Bowen & Co., Philadelphia, tissue guards. Manuscript ex-libris M.P. Willis, Vicksburg, and cost ($42.50), to half-title of both volumes. Boards rubbed with rear board vol. III detached; intermittent toning and foxing affecting most plates; light dampstaining affecting bottom right corner of pp. 319-336, vol. II and pp. 333-350, vol. III.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2013-08-07
