LITHOGRAPH ON PAPER, 6.5 inches X 10 and 1/4 inches (Sight)

         EXCELLENT condition, with no defects to report.   As usual one edge is slightly uneven 

from being removed from the binding. 

This is an original hand-colored print - #439 - from the royal octavo first edition of John 

James Audubon's Birds of America, published 1840-1844. 

Lithographed, printed, and colored by J.T. Bowen, Philadelphia, 1840-44.

         The first octavo edition was produced under the direct supervision of John 

James Audubon and features strictly hand-coloring.  

         The credits are in italics, as required. 

      Comes in a plastic protector, and will be sandwiched between wider foam boards for mailing.

Buyer to pay $8 Priority Mail shipping within U.S. International shipments made at $18 via Priority Intl. 

Buying more than one octavo-sized print? Additional octavos ship free.