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AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. The Birds of America. 500 hand-colored lithographed plates. Half-titles. 8 volumes. Large 8vo, 269x170 mm, contemporary 1/2 morocco, Volume 1 spine chipped at top, few other spine ends worn; institutional embossed stamp and unobtrusive ink accession number on titles, contents otherwise unmarked, scattered minor spotting on text leaves, blank lower outer corner off plate 37, light marginal dampstain and minor foxing on plate 271, insignificant spotting on some plates in Volume 7, the remaining plates generally quite clean; bookplates. New York: George R. Lockwood, [1870-71]
