The birds of America [by] John James Audubon; with a foreword and descriptive text by William Vogt.

Author Audubon, John James, 1785-1851.

ImprintNew York : The Macmillan company, 1937.

Note: GeneralThe colored plates are preceded by a reporduction of the t.-p. of one of the original portfolios dated 1827-1830, not included in the paging.

Note: General"This edition ... is limited to two thousand five hundred copies."

Note: General"Of the ... 500 plates, the first 435 were originally published by Audubon, in London, during the years 1827-1838 ... a set believed to be the finest in uncut state in America ... has ... been followed in making the present reproductions. The final sixty-five subjects were painted at a later date ... They were first reproduced in the octavo Birds of America published by Audubon in New York (and J. B. Chevalier in Philadelphia), 1830-1844. The present plates 436-500 are reproduced from that book."--Note/

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