Audubon the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time. Vol. 2 (of 2)Herrick, Francis Hobart
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Audubon the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time. Vol. 2 (of 2)
Herrick, Francis Hobart
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
Vol. I (original ed.). Preface dated "March 1831." Pp. i-xxiv,
1-512, and 1-16, including "Prospectus," "Contents" to Vol.
I, and names of subscribers to _The Birds of America_. Text
to accompany plates i-c of the large folio. Adam Black, 55
North Bridge (with names of agents; Neill & Co. Printers, Old
Fishmarket), Edinburgh, MDCCCXXXI.
Vol. I (American reprint). Pagination the same. Judah Dobson,
Agent, 108 Chestnut St., and H. H. Porter, Literary Rooms, 121
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, MDCCCXXXI. Copyright by R. Harlan,
M.D., 1831. Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Co., Printers to the
American Philosophical Society, No. 4 Minor St.
Vol. I (American reprint). The same, but bearing the imprint of E.
L. Carey and A. Hart, Chestnut St., Philadelphia, MDCCCXXXV.
Vol. II (original ed.). Preface dated "1st December 1834." Pp.
i-xxxii, 1-588. Text of plates ci-cc. Adam and Charles Black.
Edinburgh, MDCCCXXXIV.
Vol. II (American reprint). The same, but with imprint of
Hilliard, Gray, and Company. Boston, MDCCCXXXV.
Vol. III (original and only ed., as are IV and V). Preface dated
"1st December 1835." Pp. i-xvi, 1-638, with 9 woodcuts. Text to
plates cci-ccc. Same imprint as Vol. II. Edinburgh, MDCCCXXXV.
Vol. IV. Preface dated "1st November 1838." Pp. i-xxviii, 1-618.
Text to plates ccci-ccclxxxvii. Imprint, the same. Edinburgh,
MDCCCXXXVIII.
Vol. V. Preface dated "1st May 1839." Pp. i-xl, 1-664, with 98
woodcuts. Text to plates ccclxxxviii-ccccxxxv. Same imprint.
Edinburgh, MDCCCXXXIX.
According to Stone, 5 species recognized in the folio are suppressed
in the "Biography"; 26 new names are given, and 502 species are
recognized, but as 11 were more or less hypothetical, 491 remain in
supposedly good standing.
3. AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, F. R. SS. L. & E. Member of various scientific
associations in Europe and America:
_A Synopsis of the Birds of North America._ Pp. i-xi, 1-359. 8vo.
Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh; Longman, Rees, Brown, Green and
Longman, London. MDCCCXXXIX.
A methodical index to the birds of America, with special reference to
the large folio plates and _Ornithological Biography_; 45 families and
139 genera are defined; 5 new names are added, making the total number
of recognized species 491.
4. AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, F. R. SS. L. & E. (&c., &c.):
_The Birds of America_ from Drawings made in the United States and
its Territories. 7 vols. of text and plates, roy. 8vo. Published
by the Author and J. B. Chevalier. New York and Philadelphia,
1840-1844.
The "_Birds_ in Miniature," or first octavo edition of text and plates
combined; issued to subscribers in 100 Parts, each with 5 lithographic
colored plates, at $1.00 a Part.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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