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AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Six Plates from Birds of America. 6 images struck from the original aquatint and engraved copper plates in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History, inked à la poupée in colors and hand-finished. Double-Elephant folio, 45 1/2x37 inches, publisher's calf-backed green cloth, minor scratches; title-page softly creased, contents otherwise fine. Number VII of XIV Hors de Commerce copies, of a total edition of 125 (each plate with printer's device stamped on verso and hand-numbered). New York and London: American Museum of Natural History and Alecto Historical Editions, 1985.
