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FIRST OCTAVO EDITION OF THE BIRDS(BIRDS.) Audubon, John James.The Birds of America.500 hand-colored lithographed plates. 7 volumes. 8vo, publisher's 1/4 sheep, extremities rubbed, mostly along the joints, backstrips somewhat faded and a trifle brittle; plates generally quite clean, with the tissue guards absorbing most of the foxing generally associated with the First Octavo Edition, few hinges cracked.<\t>New York and Philadelphia, 1840-44
