The birds of America / [by] John James Audubon; with a foreword and descriptive captions by William Vogt

Author:: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
Published:: New York : Macmillan Company, 1942.
Physical Description:: xxvi pages including frontispiece (port.) : 435 color plate on 218 leaves ; 32 cm
Additional Creators:: Vogt, William, 1902-1968

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Birds—North America
Birds—Pictorial works

Note:

"The 435 plates ... originally published by Audubon, in London, during the years 1827-1938 ... a set believed to be the finest in uncut state in America ... has ... been followed in making the present reproductions."--Note.
The colored plates are preceded by a reproduction of the title-page of one of the original portfolios dated 1827-30, not included in the paging.
"Published November 1937. Reprinted 1941. Reprinted 1942."

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