The Birds of America From Drawings made in the United States and their Territories (Third Octavo Edition, 1861)

About this Book

The Third Octavo Edition of Audubon’s Masterpiece- The Birds of America, from Drawings made in the United States and their Territories.

7 vol., 500 hand-coloured lithograph plates after Audubon by W.E. Hitchock, R. Trembly and others re-issued by J. W. Audubon, tissue guards, wood-engraved anatomical diagrams, occasional light off-setting; plates in vivid colors, clean and bright and virtually spotless; publisher’s original morocco, ornately blind-stamped.

This third octavo edition differed most notably from the first octavo in the addition of tinted lithographic-wash backgrounds to the plates.

8vo, New York, Roe Lockwood & Son, 1861.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Birds of America From Drawings made in the United States and their Territories

Publisher: Roe Lockwood & Son, New York

Publication Date: 1861

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: Third Octavo Edition