Jun 19, 2008 - Sale 2150

Sale 2150 - Lot 154

Price Realized: $ 8,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,500 - $ 5,000
(ANIMALS.) Audubon, John James; and Bachman, John. The Quadrupeds of North America. 150 (of 155) hand-colored lithographed plates; lacks last 5 plates. 3 volumes. Large 8vo, 262x164 mm, late 19th/early 20th-century 1/4 morocco by Riviere & Son, spines faded and scuffed; institutional embossed stamp on titles; occasional minor spotting on text leaves, several text leaves dog-eared, insignificant tear along top edge of plate 48, minor stain at top of plate 69 and on fore edge of plate 92, remaining plates generally quite clean, half-titles lacking; bookplates. first octavo edition. New York: V. G. Audubon, 1849-51-53