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THE IMPERIAL COLLECTION OF AUDUBON GAME ANIMALS; THE QUADRUPEDS OF NORTH AMERICA
Audubon, John James; Bachman, Rev. John; Cahalane, Victor H.
Language: English
Published by Bonanza Books, New York, 1967
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine Dust Jacket. NATURAL HISTORY. 307pp. Index. Full color prints from Audubon. Folio.
AUDUBON GAME ANIMALS; A SELECTED TREASURY FOR SPORTSMEN
Audubon, John James; Bachman, Rev. John; Cahalane, Victor H.
Published by Hammond Instrument Company, Maplewood, 1968
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. (16)171pp. References. Indexed. 82 full color prints from Audubon. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback G+ overall, book is clean, tight and bright.
The Imperial Collection Of Audubon Animals: The Quadrupeds of North America
Cahalane, Victor H.; Audubon, John James; Bachman, Rev. John
Published by Bonanza Books, New York, 1967
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Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket is tanning, lightly foxed with minor chipping. Green boards with navy cloth spinecover, tanned on edges. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. This book will require extra charges for Priority or International shipping. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12"… tall. Audubon, John James & John Woodhouse (illustrator).
The Imperial Collection of Audubon Animals: the Quadrupeds of North America, Classics Edition
Audubon, John James, And The Rev. John Bachman, Original Text By
Language: English
Published by Hammond Incorporated, 1967
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Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. Oversized hardcover; Classics Edition; edited and with new text by Victor H. Cahalane; foreword by Fairfield Osborn; illustrated by John James Audubon and John Woodhouse Audubon; light fading and shelf wear to exterior; bumps to top end of spine and top front edge; discolored spots to top page edg…e; otherwise in good condition with clean text, firm binding.
Published by Hammond Incorporated, 1968
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition no number line. White color illustrated boards. Light shelf/edge wear, light toning soil from age/use. Slight corner bumped. Tight and square. 82 full color prints from The Quadrupeds of North America; original text by John James Audubon, and The R…ev. John Bachman, D.D. Edited and with new text by Victor H. Cahalane. Foreword by Fairfield Osborn. Illustrated by John James Audubon and John Woodhouse Audubon.
IMPERIAL COLLECTION OF AUDUBON ANIMALS: The Quadrupeds of North America
Audubon, John James and Bachman, Rev. John/Cahalane, Victor H. (Editor)/Osborn, Fairfield (Foreword)
Published by Hammond Inc., Maplewood, NJ, 1967
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 308 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Very bright and clean. DJ has approx. 3/4" closed tear and approx. 3" closed tear from top edge of front panel. Approx. 1" long x 1/2" deep piece missing from top corner of front panel. Lightly soiled. Price clip…ped. Illust. w/ numerous color plates. Contents nice. John James Audubon and John Woodhouse Audubon (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Bonanza, 1967
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 1st Thus; First Printing. 150 Full Color Prints and original text by John James Audubon, F. R. S and the Rev. John Bachman, D. D. Edited with Vnew text by Victor H. Cahalane, Foreward by Fairfield Osborn. Illustrated by John James Audubon and John Woodhouse Aued…ubon. Very Good/Very Good- Condition. Dust jacket is price clipped and has some light soiling. No marks on the text block. Previous owner's name on the front free end paper. First Thus, First Printing. Beautiful illustrations. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 307 pages. Illustrated by Audubon, John James; Audubon, John Woodhouse (illustrator).
The Imperial Collection of Audubon Animals: The Quadrupeds of North America
AUDUBON, John James and The Rev. John Bachman. Edited by Victor H. Cahalane
Published by Hammond Incorporated, Maplewood, New Jersey, 1967
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Quarto. 307pp. Edited with new text by Victor H. Cahalane. Foreword by Fairfield Osborn. Illustrated with 150 full color prints by John James Audubon and John Woodhouse Audubon. Foxing on half-title and cloth, very good lacking the dustwrapper.
Published by Hammond Inc, New Jersey, 1968
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Boards. 4to, pp. xvi, 172, b/w frontis, colour ills., stamp ffep, original pictorial boards, rubbed, few marks, edges soiled. Paintings of the terrestrial mammals of North America. Illustrated by John James Audubon and John Woodhouse Audubon (illustrator).
Published by Country Life Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. VOLUME ONE ONLY BIRDS A FINE HARDCOVER.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good minus. First. This book was presented to Sir Douglas Kendrew Governor of Western Australia by Walter L Rise American Ambassador. Hardcover with Dust Jacket Large Format. Fully illustrated. Book very good condition with the inscription from the Ambassador to first blank page. Dust Jacket Acceptabl…e with creases and small tears to edges, tape repairs to the inside, foxing unclipped. U5B21. Walter Lyman Rice (19031998) was a notable figure in U.S. diplomacy. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Australia and made significant contributions during his tenure.
Published by New York: Bonanza Books, [1967]., 1967
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Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. folio. pp. xvi, 307. 151 colour illus. quartercloth. dw. (extremities slightly chipped, short tear to back). Freitag 287.
Published by Kent: Volair Limited, 1978
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Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition published by Volair in 1978. BEAUTIFUL lithographs throughout of Audubon birds. Leather cover with banded spine. Profuse gilt embellishments and titling. Gilt page edges. Beige moire end papers with matching beige silk ribbon page finder. GIFT WORTHY. NICE. Volume…III only. (BR) Shelf 214.
More imagesPublished by John James Audubon, New York, 1846
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. New York: John James Audubon, 1846-1856. First edition. Quarto: (10 7/8" x 7 3/8", 278mm x 188mm). Vol. I: [Full collation available upon request]. 204 leaves, pp. i-v (half-title, blank, title, copyright, introduction) vi-xii (7pp. introduction) xiii xiv [2] (table of Genera, blan…k) 1 2-389 [4] (4pp. blank). Vol. II: [Full collation available upon request]. 169 leaves, pp. [2] (title, copyright) 1 2-334 [2] (list of subscribers, blank). Vol. III: [Full collation available upon request]. 179 leaves, pp. [2] (half-title, blank) i-iii (title, copyright, table of contents) iv-v (2pp. table of contents) [1] (blank) 1 2-348 [2] (table of Genera, blank). With 6 hand-colored lithographed plates. Royal Folio: (27 3/16" x 21 1/8", 690mm x 536mm). Vol. I: [Full collation available upon request]. 2 leaves, pp. [4] (title, blank, contents, blank). With 50 hand-colored lithographed plates. Vol. II: [Full collation available upon request]. 2 leaves, pp. [4] (title, blank, contents, blank). With 50 hand-colored lithographed plates. Vol. III: [Full collation available upon request]. 2 leaves, pp. [4] (title, blank, contents, blank). With 50 hand-colored lithographed plates. With 156 hand-colored lithographed plates in toto. Text volumes bound in purple buckram. On the spine, title, authors, and number printed to a paper label. Plate volumes bound in half black morocco over purple buckram of various grains. On the spine, 5 raised bands. Title gilt to second panel, number gilt to the third, authors gilt to the fourth, and call number gilt to the sixth. All edges of the text-block gilt. Text volumes: spines sunned, wear and losses to the paper lettering pieces. Corners bumped, boards rubbed and soiled. Endpapers foxed and cockling along the gutter in each volume. Volume I with a dampstain that permeates the boards and affects the lower inner corners of the leaves throughout. Evenly tanned with occasional spotting. In volume II, vertical tears to the upper margin of (3)5 and (4)5, not affecting the text. In volume III, roughly half of quires remain uncut along the top edge. Loss to the top edge of ?3. With an additional 6 plates: "Mountain Brook Mink," "Jackall Fox," "Weasel-like Squirrel," "California Grey Squirrel," "Harris Marmot Squirrel," and "Crab-eating Raccoon." Armorial bookplate of Edward Sands Litchfield to the front pastedown of each volume. Plate volumes: spines worn, boards scratched and soiled. Preliminary leaves creased and with repaired tears. ?1 of volume II strengthened along the top edge. First free endpaper of volume III creased and torn at the lower edge. Chipping to the extremities, sporadic foxing to the margins, offsetting, and thumb-soiling throughout. "Canada Lynx" lightly creased, tear to the lower edge of "Rocky Mountain Neotoma." "W. Coll 9119 [-9120, -9121]" inked in manuscript to the rear pastedown of volume I, II, and III, respectively. At the age of 58, John James Audubon (1785-1851) -- the consummate woodsman and naturalist -- embarked on his first journey across the Rocky Mountains to the Great Plains, seeking mammals to illustrate for this ambitious project following his vast and expensive Birds of America (1827-1838, octavo edition 1840-1844). Audubon failed to obtain government funding for what he called his "Great Western Journey." Undeterred and believing in the scientific value and commercial promise of The Quadrupeds, Audubon decided to finance the expedition himself. He sought collaboration with The Rev. John Bachman (1790-1874), a Lutheran Pastor who had studied quadrupeds from his youth and was recognized as an authority among naturalists in the United States. Bachman was not keen on the trip, and Audubon himself conceded the hardships that it would entail. In a letter to Charles Bonaparte in February of 1843, he wrote: "To render [the Quadrupeds] more complete, I will leave the comforts of my home and beloved family, bound to the Rocky Mountains. I cannot tell how long I may be absent, but look to re.
More imagesPublished by John James Audubon, New York, 1846
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. New York: John James Audubon, 1846-1854. First edition. Quarto (10 1/2" x 7 1/8", 267mm x 182mm): Vol. I: [Full collation available upon request]. 199 leaves, pp. i-v (half-title, blank, title, copyright, introduction) vi-xii (7pp. introduction) xiii xiv (2pp. table of contents) [2…] (table of Genera, blank) 1 2-389 [1] blank. Vol. II: [Full collation available upon request]. 169 leaves, pp. [2] (title, copyright) 1 2-334 [2] (list of subscribers, blank). Vol. III: [Full collation available upon request]. 179 leaves, pp. [2] (half-title, blank) i-iii (title, copyright, table of contents) iv-v (2pp. table of contents) [1] (blank) 1 2-348 [2] (table of Genera, blank). With two hand-colored lithographed plates. Royal Folio (27 7/16" x 21 3/16", 694mm x 539mm): Vol. I: [Full collation available upon request]. 2 leaves, pp. [4] (title, blank, contents, blank). With 50 hand-colored lithographed plates. Vol. II: [Full collation available upon request]. 2 leaves, pp. [4] (title, blank, contents, blank). with 50 hand-colored lithographed plates. Vol. III: [Full collation available upon request]. 2 leaves, pp. [4] (title, blank, contents, blank). with 50 hand-colored lithographed plates. With 152 hand-colored lithographed plates in toto. Bound in modern half green morocco over marbled boards. On the spine, 5 raised bands. Title gilt to second panel, author and number gilt to third. All edges of the text-block gilt. Text Volumes: lightly worn at the joints and extremities. In vol. I, pale foxing from 139-341 (11 leaves) and loss to the fore-edge of 439. Title leaf of vol. II torn along gutter. Bookseller's stamp of H. Sotheran Piccadilly London to front pastedowns. Bookplate of J. Kenneth Doutt Memorial Library partially obscuring the bookplate of Carnegie Museum to the front pastedown in vol. I and fully obscuring in vol. II & III. Carnegie Museum bookplates completed in ink manuscript with the bookseller and purchase date, "H. Sotheran & Co. January 9th, 1915." "Doutt Library" inscribed in graphite to the title-page of each volume. With two hand-colored lithographed plates -- the Mountain Brook Mink and the Jackall fox -- in vol. III. Plate volumes: Offsetting to the guards, foxing to the preliminary pages, and sporadic pale foxing to select plates. Preliminary pages of each volume creased vertically. Bookplates of Carnegie Museum with the bookseller and purchase date completed in ink manuscript, "H. Sotheran & Co. January 9th, 1915," to the front pastedown of each volume. Binder's stamp reading "Bound by Clyde 9 Newman St" to the verso of the first free endpaper of each volume. At the age of 58, John James Audubon (1785-1851) -- the consummate woodsman and naturalist -- embarked on his first journey across the Rocky Mountains to the Great Plains, seeking mammals to illustrate for this ambitious project following his vast and expensive Birds of America (1827-1838, octavo edition 1840-1844). Audubon failed to obtain government funding for what he called his "Great Western Journey." Undeterred and believing in the scientific value and commercial promise of The Quadrupeds, Audubon decided to finance the expedition himself. He sought collaboration with The Rev. John Bachman (1790-1874), a Lutheran Pastor who had studied quadrupeds from his youth and was recognized as an authority among naturalists in the United States. Bachman was not keen on the trip, and Audubon himself conceded the hardships that it would entail. In a letter to Charles Bonaparte in February of 1843, he wrote: "To render [the Quadrupeds] more complete, I will leave the comforts of my home and beloved family, bound to the Rocky Mountains. I cannot tell how long I may be absent, but look to return loaded up with knowledge, new and abundant specimens on the shot and not from stuffed museums' moth-eaten remains. I am told that I am too old to undertake such a long and arduous journey, but I reply that having the will, I will no doubt safely bear or even surmount the difficult.
More imagesPublished by Victor Gifford Audubon, New York, 1849
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No binding. Condition: Very good. First. THE OCTAVO QUADRUPEDS IN ORIGINAL PARTS. First octavo edition. New York: Victor Gifford Audubon, 1849-1851-1854. Royal octavo in 4s (10 11/16" x 7 ¼", 272mm x 184mm). [Full collation available.] With 155 hand-colored lithographed plates. Stabbed and bound in the publisher's printed wrappe…rs in 31 parts. Housed in three groups (1-10, 11-20, and 21-31), each in a blue cloth chemise and presented in blue cloth slip cases. Title, author, and parts-per-case gilt to edge. Wrappers and prospectus detached from numerous parts, chipping to their extremities throughout. Stab-and-stitch binding of Vol. I No. 1 and Vol. II No. 17 perished, leaves and plates sporadically detached throughout. Two horizontal tears to the front wrapper of Vol. III No. 31. Occasional dampstaining to the fore-edges and lower inner corners, not affecting the text. Loss to the lower fore-corner of "Rocky Mountain Hare" and to the lower fore-corner of 45. Split and crease to the lower edge of "Florida Rat." "Chipping Squirrel, Hackee," "Common American Shrew Mole," "Columbian Black-Tailed Deer," and "Common American Deer" lacking guards. Guard of "Ground Squirrel" torn in two. Plates in Vol. III No.1 bound with the image to the verso. Ink fingerprints to 49 verso. At the age of 58, John James Audubon (1785-1851) -- the consummate woodsman and naturalist -- embarked on his first journey across the Rocky Mountains to the Great Plains, seeking mammals to illustrate for this ambitious project following his vast and expensive Birds of America (1827-1838, octavo edition 1840-1844). Audubon failed to obtain government funding for what he called his "Great Western Journey." Undeterred and believing in the scientific value and commercial promise of The Quadrupeds, Audubon decided to finance the expedition himself. He sought collaboration with The Rev. John Bachman (1790-1874), a Lutheran Pastor who had studied quadrupeds from his youth and was recognized as an authority among naturalists in the United States. Bachman was not keen on the trip, and Audubon himself conceded the hardships that it would entail. Audubon departed from St. Louis in April 1843, traveling up the Missouri River with a group that included trappers, gentleman naturalists, and several Native Americans who had come to the city for trade. En route, Audubon delighted in sharing his work. During one of his impromptu showcases, Edward Harris (a naturalist on the expedition), recounted that one onlooker fled shocked from Audubon's plate of woodchucks, exclaiming they were surely alive. After traveling some thousand miles, the group arrived on the prairie, a haven of wildlife where elk, deer, bears, wolves, and vast herds of buffalo roamed free, ripe for observation. Upon returning home, however, Audubon's health began to deteriorate, and he left the illustrations of smaller animals for his son, John Woodhouse Audubon, to complete. Ultimately, just over half of the quadrupeds were illustrated by John James himself, with the remainder completed by John Woodhouse. The backgrounds were finished by his youngest son, Victor Gifford Audubon, who saw the book through the press. It took the Audubon family five years to finalize and publish all 150 plates for the folio edition (The Viviparous Quadrupeds. 1845-1848), which was later supplemented by 6 plates. As with the Birds, the large-format Viviparous Quadrupeds was limited in circulation because of the cost, with the result that the Audubons issued a royal octavo edition in the years following. This too was issued in parts, here preserved, beginning in 1849, which contained all 150 of the original images plus 5 of the 6 supplemental, reduced by camera lucida (and in some cases altered to suit the smaller format). Nissen, ZBI 163; Sabin 2368. Catalogued by G.R. Murdock.
More imagesPublished by Audubon, V.G., New York, 1854
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Condition: Near Fine. 1st Octavo Edition. Royal Octavo. A marvelous 1854 partial 1st Octavo Edition set of Audubon's iconic masterpiece, in a contemporary Fine Binding. Three volumes, complete with 155 hand-colored stone lithographs by William E. Hitchcock, printed and colored in the Philadelphia shop of J.T. Bowen. Volumes I an…d II are 1854 early printings, while volume III is an 1854 1st Edition. Later three-quarter green levant morocco with titling and ruling in gilt. Spines aged to a rich golden brown. Raised bands to spine. All edges gilt. Square tight bindings. Clean interiors, save for the bookplate of early 20th-century Proctor and Gamble executive Stockton Buzby to the front pastedown. Volume I - viii, 383pp, 50 plates; Volume II - 334pp, 50 plates; Volume III - 348pp, 55 plates. Bound without tissue guards. Interior clean and bright with just a hint of sporadic foxing. Unobtrusive, minor offsetting opposite the lithographs. All hinges sound. "Quadrupeds" was first published in three elephant folio volumes 1845 -1848, with 150 color plates. The first octavo edition was bound together from original parts, issued similarly to his octavo edition of 'Birds of America', a wildly successful edition, more portable and affordable than the elephant folio version. The Octavo edition features all original 150 plates, plus five of 6 supplemental plates issued separately in 1854. Overall an exquisite set of exceptional quality.
More imagesPublished by Audubon, 1849
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softcover. Condition: very good. first octavo edition. First octavo edition, in original wrappers. This is vol. 10 only. With 5 colored plates. In very good condition, rear cover almost separated from spine.
Published by V. G. Audubon 1851-1851-1854, New York, 1851
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Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. First Edition. Second Octavo Edition of the first volume, First Editions of the second and third. Three volumes in modern half black morocco leather with matching corners, retaining the original marbled boards, all edges marbled; 6-3/4" x 10-3/8"; viii, 383, [1] pages; [2], 334 pages; [2], 348, [iv] pages with half-ti…tle page in the third volume. Complete with 155 hand-colored lithographs with tissue guards by R. Trembly (first volume) and William E. Hitchcock (second and third volumes), after J. A. and J. W. Audubon. Bennett, page 5; Nissen ZBI 163; Reese STAMPED WITH A NATIONAL CHARACTER 38; Sabin 2638; Wood, page 208. Some generally minor toning and spotting to the text, as usual, a few plate imprints slightly shaved; the tissue guards are occasionally a bit foxed and discolored, but the plates are bright and free from foxing and other defects. Tears with slight loss to lower margin of pages 3-6 and to the margin of Plate XVI, text and image not affected. Hinges reinforced with cloth, first signature of first volume reinforced at gutter. Attractive set with lovely hand-colored plates.
Published by V. G. Audubon (1849)-1856, New York, 1849
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Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Early Edition. Early Octavo Edition of the first two volumes, lacking the third volume. Two volumes in publisher's full brown morocco leather elaborately embossed and stamped, the spine with five raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; 7" x 10-3/4" with half-title pages. These two volumes complete with 100 ha…nd-colored lithographs with tissue guards. Owner name dated 1876 on first blank of each volume. Toning, foxing, and darkening, sometimes heavy, to the text and a bit less so to the plates. Binding quite nice. Overall Very Good.
More imagesThe Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.
AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851) and Rev. John Bachman (1790-1874)
Published by New York: J.J. Audubon (--V.G. Audubon), 1845-1848., 1848
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "4 volumes of elephant broadsheets bound as oblong folios (28 x 21 3/4 in.; 55.3 x 71.1 cm). 3 lithographed title-pages and 3 letterpress contents leaves, 150 lithographed plates by J. T. Bowen after John James and James Woodhouse Audubon, backgrounds after Victor Gifford Audubon, ha…ndcolored and heightened with gum arabic; titles and contents toned, moderate marginal dust-soiling on most plates, some finger soiling, plates 1, 62, 72, 73, 81 creased chiefly in upper lefthand corner, tape repairs to tiny tears along bottom margins of plates 112-113, small oil stains in gutters of about 13 plates, chiefly in the fourth volume. Contemporary quarter red morocco over brown marbled boards, spines gilt in six compartments lettered "Histoire Naturelle" in the second, numbered in the fourth, and monogrammed in the sixth; extremities rubbed; minor loss to head of spine (vol. 1), vol. 2 head of spine torn but present. FIRST EDITION OF THE ONE OF THE GREATEST COLORPLATE BOOKS PRODUCED ENTIRELY IN AMERICA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. After an unsuccessful attempt to secure federal funding for his "Great Western Journey," Audubon determined that the commercial potential of the Quadrupeds was sufficient to risk funding the expedition himself. "To render [the Quadrupeds] more complete, I will leave the comforts of my home and beloved family, bound to the Rocky Mountains I cannot tell how long I may be absent, but look to return loaded up knowledge, new and abundant specimens on the shot and not from stuffed museums' moth-eaten remains. I am told that I am too old to undertake such a long and arduous journey, but having the will, I will no doubt safely bear or even surmount the difficulties" (letter to C. Bonaparte, February, 1843, quoted by Rhodes). To his collaborator the Rev. James Bachman, he exclaimed "I am growing old, but what of this? My spirits are as enthusiastical as ever, my legs full able to carry my body for ten years to come, and in about two of these I expect the illustrations out, and ere the following twelve months have elapsed, their histories studied, their descriptions carefully prepared and the book printed!" (Streshinsky, Audubon: Life and Art in the American Wilderness, p. 332). It was to be J.J. Audubon's last major endeavor. Returning home in late fall of 1843 aged 58 and in declining health, he delegated many of the smaller mammals to his son John Woodhouse to draw and the backgrounds to his youngest, Victor Gifford, who also supervised the printing and publication. Despite Audubon's optimistic timeline for the completed work, it took the family five years to publish 150 plates in thirty parts. The first proofs were ready in 1842, but Audubon was Audubon's lithographer J.T. Bowen was immersed in the production of the octavo set of The Birds of America. The last part of the octavo Birds appeared in May, 1844, and publication of the folio Quadrupeds began immediately, with the first number being issued in January, 1845 and the first volume completed within the year. The accompanying octavo text volumes, written and edited by Rev. John Bachman, first appeared between 1846 and 1854. "The massive project was a commercial success, thanks to the close management of Victor" (Reese), attracting a total number of 300 subscribers. REFERENCES: Bennett p. 5; McGill/Wood 208; Nissen ZBI 162; Reese 36; Sabin 2367 PROVENANCE: Gilt cypher in sixth spine compartment; J.R. Walsh (stamps on title-pages and contents leaves); Acquired from Nico Isreal, 1978; The Richard Harris Collection: Natural History and Colourplate Books (Bloomsbury, 13 October 2010, lot 3: $504,000).
