Full title: The birds of America : from original drawings / by John James Audubon ... ...

Author/creator: Havell, Robert, 1793-1878, Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, Audubon, John James, 1785-1851.

Date: 1827-38..

Call Numbers: SAFE/ BX598.273/ 2, SAFE/ BX598.273/ 1, SAFE/ BX598.273/ 4, SAFE/ BX598.273/ 3

Record Identifier: 74VMlx7WaDpZ

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: 4 v. : col. ill. (CCCCXXXV plates) ; 100 cm.

Publishers: London : Pub. by the author, 1827-38.

Access: Rare Books copies at SAFE/ BX598.273/ 1 - 4 : Supervised access only by appointment through the Manager of Information & Access.

Notes: "The plates were published without any text, to avoid the necessity of furnishing copies gratis to the public libraries in England, agreeably to the law of copyright."--Sabin, A dictionary of books relating to America, v. 1, p. 315. Engraved t.-p. Imprint dates: v. 1, 1827-30; v. 2, 1831-34; v. 3, 1834-35; v. 4, 1835-38, June 20. Originally issued in 87 parts. Plate CCLX marked "CCXL". Plate LXIV drawn from nature by Lucy Audubon. Plates II, VII dated 1829; pl. CVI-CX, CXII-CVX dated 1831; pl. CXXXI-CXL, CXLIII-CLV dated 1832; pl. CLVI-CLXXVII, CLXXIX-CLXXXII, CLXXXIV-CLXXXV dated 1833; pl. CLXXXVI-CXCVII, CXCIX, CCII-CCXXXV dated 1834; pl. CCXXXVI-CCLXXXV, CCLXXXVII, CCLXXXIX-CCXC dated 1835; pl. CCLXXXVI, CCLXXXVIII, CCXCI-CCCL dated 1836; pl. CCCLI-CCCC dated 1837; pl. CCCCI-CCCCXXXV dated 1838. Plates I-II, VI-VII engraved by W.H. Lizars, retouched by R. Havell, junr.; pl VIII-IX engraved by W.H. Lizars; pl. III-V, CI-CV, CVIII, CX engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell, junr.; pl. X-C, CVI-CVII, CIX, CXII-CCCCXXXV engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell. Text to accompany the plates was published in 5 vols., rl. 8vo., Edinburgh, 1831-39, under title "Ornithological biography, or, An account of the habits of the birds of the United States of America ..." Later editions, of text and plates combined, with alterations, were published in 7 and 8 vols., rl. 8vo., under title "The birds of America, from drawings made in the United States and their territories".

Additional physical form availability note: Online at the State Library of NSW

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DDC: BX598.273/1-4 SET (4 v.)

MMS ID: 991003493459702626