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The Birds of America, Royal Octavo Edition
Following the success of his large folio, Audubon offered his birds in a miniature or Royal Octavo Edition which was lithographed and hand-colored in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during 1840-44 by J.T. Bowen. These prints are originals, and Audubon issued the prints in a series by species. They were issued in 100 parts of 5, and eventually the customer subscriber bound them into 7 volumes of books. Audubon based these prints on his folio drawings but often varied them due to the smaller images. Each plate contains a single species and in some cases he offered two plates of the same species, usually to show the young and the adult birds, as in the Brown Pelican plates. He also added some new species which had been discovered out West and had not reached him in time to be included in the folio work. These prints represent some of the finest hand-coloring work done in America and they are greatly prized by print collectors. The prints measure about six and one-half by ten inches. The prints offered below are in excellent condition. A ten-day return policy is offered on all sales. In 1993 a book on the octavo edition titled Audubon's Great National Work, The Royal Octavo Edition of the Birds of America, was authored by Ron Tyler and published by the University of Texas Press. It is a valuable resource for octavo print collectors, but is out of print and very scarce. I have a few copies offered on my book list at the end of the table of contents. As a note of interest, each print includes a statement of authorship in the lower left-hand corner, i.e., Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon, F.R.S.F.L.S. - the initials standing for Fellow, Royal Society; Fellow, Linnean Society. These were the two top natural history societies in England at the time Audubon published his bird folio. The name of J. T. Bowen, the lithographer, is printed in the lower right hand corner of the print. Often the initials of the artist who traced the drawing onto the lithographic stone are placed in the print just below the center of the drawing. Because of the volume of the work, Bowen sent a few of the plates to Endicott, an outstanding lithographer in New York, and Endicott's name appears on those plates. We are also offering a few of the later plates. While the 1856 edition is the true second edition, the plates of this edition and several others up to 1870 are mostly identical. The "second edition" prints offered in this catalog are from all later editions and are of exceptional color and cleanliness. They have printed colors as well as hand coloring. Priced below the first edition, they represent a fine antique American print and are most collectible. With only a few exceptions, the images are identical to those of the 1840-44 edition and most of the plates are distinguished by a square or vertical background color, and in some cases light background coloring. FIRST EDITION 1 California Turkey Vulture $250 2 Red-headed Turkey Vulture 100 3 Black Vulture 100 4 Caracara Eagle (Crested Caracara) 250 5 Harris Buzzard 250 6 Common Buzzard (Swainson's Hawk) 300 8 Harlan's Hawk (Red-tail Hawk) 200 9 Red-shouldered Hawk 900 10 Broad-winged Hawk 300 11 Rough-legged Hawk 100 12 Golden Eagle 650 13 Washington Sea Eagle 350 14 White-Headed or Bald Eagle 900 15 Osprey (Fish Hawk) 1,600 16 Black-shouldered Kite 100 17 Mississippi Kite `125 19 Iceland Falcon, restoration 375 20 Peregrine Falcon 650 21 Pigeon Falcon 200 22 Sparrow Hawk 750 23 Goshawk 350 24 Cooper's Hawk 350 25 Sharp-shinned Hawk 150 26 Common Harrier 125 28 Snowy Owl 1,800 30 Columbian Day Owl (Northern Pygmy Owl) 150 31 Burrowing Day Owl 250 32 Tengmalm's Night Owl (Boreal Owl) 150 33 Little Acadian Owl (Northern Saw-wet Owl) 200 34 Barn Owl 850 35 Great Cinerous Owl (Great Gray Owl) 750 36 Barred Owl 750 38 Short-eared Owl 300 39 Great Horned Owl 1200 40 Little Screech Owl (Eastern Screech Owl) 850 43 Night-hawk 450 44 American Swift 100 46 White-bellied Swallow, foxing 150 47 Cliff Swallow 100 48 Barn Swallow 800 49 Violet-green Swallow 200 50 Bank Swallow (foxing) 75 51 Rough-winged Swallow 100 52 Fork-tailed Flycatcher - 650 54 Arkansas Flycatcher (Western Kingbird) 350 56 Tyrant Flycatcher (Eastern Kingbird) 350 57 Great-crested Flycatcher, stained 75 58 Cooper's Flycatcher 125 59 Say's Flycatcher 125 60 Rocky Mountain Flycatcher (Black Phoebe) 100 61 Short-legged Pewit Flycatcher (Alder Flycatcher) 100 63 Peewee Flycatcher (Eastern Phoebe) 150 64 Wood Peewee 125 65 Traill's Flycatcher 100 66 Least Peewee 100 67 Small-headed Flycatcher (with Virginia Spider-wort) 150 68 American Redstart 400 69 Townsend's Solitaire 125 72 Canada Flycatcher (Canada Warbler) 400 73 Bonaparte's Flycatching Warbler (Canada Warbler) 600 74 Kentucky Flycatching Warbler (magnolia) 350 75 Wilson's Flycatching Warbler 275 76 Yellow-crowned Warbler (Yellow-rumped with Iris) 300 77 Audubon's Wood Warbler (Yellow-rumped Warbler) 450 78 Black-poll Wood Warbler 350 80 Bay-breasted Wood Warbler 350 82 Pine-creeping Wood Warbler (crease) 200 83 Hemlock Warbler (Blackburnian Warbler) 375 84 Black-throated Green Wood Warbler 375 88 Yellow-poll Wood Warbler (Yellow Warbler) 250 89 Rathbone's Wood Warbler (Yellow Warbler) 200 90 Yellow Red-poll Wood Warbler (Palm Warbler) 350 93 Hermit Wood Warbler 325 95 Black-throated Blue Wood Warbler (2) 350 96 Black and Yellow Wood Warbler (Magnolia Warbler) 600 97 Prairie Wood Warbler 200 98 Blue Mountain Warbler (?) 100 99 Connecticut Warbler 350 100 Macgillivray's Ground Warbler 100 102 Maryland Ground Warbler (Common Yellowthroat) 250 103 Delafield's Ground Warbler (Common Yellowthroat) 150 104 Swainson's Warbler 350 105 Worm-eating Swamp Warbler (with Black Widow Spider) 200 107 Golden-winged Swamp Warbler 200 108 Bachman's Warbler (Extinct) 650 109 Carbonated Swamp Warbler 150 110 Tennessee Swamp Warbler 150 111 Blue-winged Yellow Swamp Warbler (Blue-winged Warbler) 400 112 Orange-crowned Swamp Warbler 100 116 Rock Wren 150 117 Great Carolina Wren 900 118 Bewick's Wren 100 120 House Wren 350 122 Parkman's Wren (Marsh Wren) 100 124 Short-billed Marsh Wren (Sedge Wren) 250 125 Crested Titmouse (Tufted Titmouse) 450 126 Black-cap Titmouse (Chickadee) 450 127 Carolina Titmouse 250 128 Hudson Bay Titmouse (Boreal Chickadee) 250 129 Chestnut-backed Titmouse (Chickadee) 125 130 Chestnut-crowned Titmouse (Bushtit) 250 131 Cuvier's Kinglet 200 132 American Golden-crested Kinglet 350 133 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 425 134 American Blue Bird 1,400 135 Western Bluebird 650 136 Arctic Bluebird (Mountain Bluebird) 250 137 American Dipper 125 139 Mountain Mockingbird 100 140 Catbird 400 142 American Robin or Migratory Thrush 1,400 143 Varied Thrush 200 144 Wood Thrush 300 146 Hermit Thrush 125 147 Dwarf Thrush (Hermit Thrush) 200 148 Golden-crowned Wagtail (Ovenbird) 250 149 Aquatic Wood Wagtail (Northern Waterthrush) 300 150 Pipit or Titlark (Water Pipit) 100 151 Shore Lark (Horned Lark) 150 152 Lapland Lark Bunting (Longspur) 200 153 Painted Lark Bunting (Smith's Longspur) 125 155 Snow Lark Bunting 200 156 Black-throated Bunting (Dickcissel) 200 157 Townsend's Bunting 100 158 Lark Bunting (Lark Sparrow) 75 159 Bay-winged Bunting (Vesper Sparrow) 250 160 Savannah Bunting (Savannah Sparrow) 300 161 Clay-colored Bunting (Brewer's Sparrow) 100 162 Yellow-wing Bunting (Grasshopper Sparrow) 200 165 Chipping Bunting (Chipping Sparrow) 200 167 Common Snow Bird (Dark-eyed Junco) 200 168 Oregon Snow Bird (Dark-eyed Junco) 300 169 Painted Bunting 2,200 171 Lazuli Finch (Bunting) 400 172 Seaside Finch (Seaside Sparrow) 325 173 Macgillivray's Shore Finch (Seaside Sparrow) 175 175 Swamp Sparrow 175 176 Bachman's Pinewood Finch (Bachman's Sparrow) 325 181 American Goldfinch 1800 181 American Goldfinch (MB) 350 182 Black-headed Goldfinch (Black-headed Siskin) 100 185 Stanley Goldfinch (Black-capped Siskin) 100 186 Fox-colored Finch (Sparrow) 200 187 Brown Finch (Fox Sparrow) 50 188 Townsend's Finch (Song Sparrow) 50 189 Song Sparrow 150 190 Martin's Finch 100 192 White-crowned Finch (White-crowned Sparrow) 250 195 Rufus-sided Towhee (Western Towhee) 350 196 Crested Purple Finch 250 197 Crimson-fronted Purple Finch (House Finch) 300 198 Grey-crowned Purple Finch (Gray-crowned Rosy Finch) 200 200 Common Crossbill (Red Crossbill) 250 201 - White-wing Crossbill 350 202 Prairie Lark Finch (Lark Bunting) 100 203 Cardinal Grosbeak 1,800 203 Cardinal Grosbeak 1,200 204 Blue-song Grosbeak 350 205 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 350 206 Black-headed Song Grosbeak 200 207 Evening Grosbeak 250 (MB) 208 Summer Red-bird 575 208 Summer Red-bird 250 (MB) 209 Scarlet Tanager, trimmed 100 209 Scarlet Tanager 200 (MB) 210 Louisiana Tanager (Western Tanager) 425 212 Cowbird 100 213 Saffron-headed Marsh Blackbird (Yellow-headed Blackbird) 150 215 Red and Black-shouldered Marsh Blackbird (Red-winged Blackbird) 150 216 Red-wing Starling 350 218 Bullock's Troopial (Bullock's Oriole) 250 220 Boat-tailed Grackle 350 221 Purple Crow Blackbird (Common Grackle) 450 222 Rusty Crow Blackbird 150 223 Meadowlark (framed) 950 224 Raven 900 225 American Crow 600 226 Fish Crow 250 229 Columbia Magpie or Jay (Magpie Jay) 500 230 Steller's Jay 300 232 Ultramarine Jay (Scrub Jay) 150 233 Florida Jay 650 234 Canada Jay (Gray Jay) 300 235 Clark's Nutcracker 200 236 Great American Shrike (Northern Shrike) 125 237 Loggerhead Shrike 100 239 Solitary Vireo (Blue-headed Vireo) 125 240 White-eyed Vireo 150 241 Warbling Vireo 225 242 Bartram's Vireo (Red-eyed Vireo) 150 243 Red-eyed Vireo 250 244 Yellow-breasted Chat 900 246 Cedar Bird (Cedar Waxwing), 650 247 White-breasted Nuthatch 650 248 Red-bellied Nuthatch 450 249 Brown-headed Nuthatch 150 250 California Nuthatch (Pygmy Nuthatch) 125 251 Mango Hummingbird (Black-throated) 900 252 Anna's Hummingbird (trimmed) 350 253 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1400 254 Ruff-necked Hummingbird (Rufus Hummingbird), trimmed 650 255 Belted Kingfisher 1200 257 Pileated Woodpecker 1,800 257 Pileated Woodpecker 850 (MB) 258 Canadian Woodpecker (Hairy Woodpecker) 100 260 Maria's Woodpecker (Hairy Woodpecker) 150 261 Harris' Woodpecker (Hairy Woodpecker) 100 262 Hairy Woodpecker 200 263 Downy Woodpecker 1200 265 Audubon's Woodpecker (Hairy Woodpecker) 200 266 Red-breasted Woodpecker (Red-breasted Sapsucker) 200 267 Yellow-bellied Woodpecker 350 268 Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker (Black-backed Woodpecker) 250 269 Banded Three-toed Woodpecker (Three-toed Woodpecker) 125 273 Golden-winged Woodpecker 450 275 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 300 276 Black-billed Cuckoo 300 277 Mangrove Cuckoo 350 278 Carolina Parrot 850 (MB) 281 Zenaida Dove 350 282 Key West Dove (Key West Quail Dove) 425 283 Ground Dove 400 284 Blue-headed Ground Dove or Pigeon (Quail Dove) 250 290 California Partridge (California Quail) 550 291 Plumed Partridge (Mountain Quail) 550 292 Welcome Partridge (Crested Bobwhite) 100 293 Ruffed Grouse (trimmed) 350 295 Dusky Grouse (Blue Grouse) 250 297 Cock-of-the-Plains (Sage Grouse) 150 298 Sharp-tailed Grouse 250 299 Willow Ptmarigan 350 300 American Ptarmigan (Rock Ptarmigan) 250 301 Rock Ptarmigan 200 302 White-tailed Ptarmigan 300 303 Purple Gallinule 300 304 Common Gallinule 125 306 Sora Rail 150 307 Yellow-breasted Rail (Yellow Rail) 150 308 Least Water Rail (Black Rail) 200 311 Virginian Rail 200 312 Scolopaceous Courlan (Limpkin) 125 314 Whooping Crane (Sandhill Crane) 700 315 Black-bellied Plover 250 316 American Golden Plover 250 318 Rocky Mountain Plover (Mountain Plover) 100 319 Wilson's Plover 150 320 American Ring Plover 200 322 Townsend's Surfbird (Surfbird) 100 323 Turnstone (Ruddy Turnstone) 300 326 Townsend's Oystercatcher (Black Oystercatcher) 125 328 Red-breasted Sandpiper (Red Knot) 150 329 Pectoral Sandpiper 125 330 Purple Sandpiper 200 331 Buff-breasted Sandpiper 150 334 Long-legged Sandpiper (Stilt Sandpiper) 200 335 Schinz's Sandpiper (White-rumped Sandpiper) 200 336 Semi-palmated Sandpiper 300 338 Sanderling Sandpiper 450 339 Red Phalarope 325 341 Wilson's Phalarope 150 343 Solitary Sandpiper 200 344 Yellowshanks Snipe (Lesser Yellowlegs) 450 348 Great Marbled Godwit 150 349 Hudsonian Godwit 150 350 Wilson's Snipe (Common Snipe) 400 351 Red-breasted Snipe (Short-billed Dowitcher) 125 353 American Avocet 250 354 Black--necked Stilt 250 356 Hudsonian Curlew (Whimbrel) 200 357 Esquimaux Curlew (Eskimo Curlew) 150 359 Scarlet Ibis 350 364 Yellow-crowned Night Heron 650 365 American Bittern 150 366 Least Bittern 200 369 Great Blue Heron 2,850 371 Reddish Egret 750 378 Barnacle Goose 150 379 Brant Goose 150 380 White-fronted Goose (Greater White-fronted Goose) 200 381 Snow Goose 350 383 Trumpeter Swan (young) (Tundra Swan) 450 384 American Swan 750 385 Mallard 1250 388 Gadwall Duck 250 389 American Widgeon 350 391 Wood Duck 1,800 391 Wood Duck 1,200 (MB) 393 Blue-winged Teal 450 394 Shoveller Duck 550 395 Canvas-back Duck 1,500 397 Scaup Duck (Greater Scaup) 350 398 Ring-necked Duck 350 400 Pied Duck (Labrador Duck - extinct) 300 401 Velvet Duck (White-winged Scoter) 125 402 Black or Surf Duck (Surf Scoter) 125 403 American Scoter Duck (Black Scoter) 100 404 King Duck (King Eider) 350 405 Eider Duck (Common Eider) 450 407 Western Duck (Steller's Eider) 150 408 Buffel-headed Duck $425 409 Harlequin Duck 350 410 Long-tailed Duck (Oldsquaw) 350 414 White Merganser Smew (Smew) 250 417 Florida Cormorant 350 418 Townsend's Cormorant (Brandt's cormorant) 125 419 Violet-green Cormorant (Pelagis Cormorant) 100 420 Anhinga 550 421 Frigate Pelican (Magnificent Frigatebird) 300 422 American White Pelican 2,750 423 Brown Pelican 2,750 425 Common Gannet (Northern Gannet) 300 426 Booby Gannet (Brown Booby) 325 427 Tropic Bird (White-tailed Tropicbird) 200 428 Black Skimmer or Shearwater 350 429 Cayenne Tern 450 430 Gull-billed Tern 200 431 Sandwich Tern 400 433 Common Tern 400 434 Havell's Tern (Forster's Tern) 200 436 Arctic Tern 450 438 Black Tern 200 439 Least Tern 350 440 Noddy Tern 125 441 Fork-tailed Gull (Sabine's Gull) 125 445 Ivory Gull 100 446 Common or Ring-billed Gull 300 447 White-winged Silvery Gull (Iceland Gull) 125 448 Herring Gull 350 450 Great Black-backed Gull 125 451 Pomerine Jager 125 452 Richardson's Jager (Parasitic Jager) 125 453 Arctic Jager (long-tailed Jager) 250 454 Dusky Albatross (Light-mantled Albatross 125 455 Fulmar Petrel (Northern Fulmar) 125 456 Wandering Shearwater (Greater Shearwater) 125 457 Manks Shearwater (Manx Shearwater) 100 458 Dusky Shearwater (Audubon's Shearwater) 125 459 Leach's or Fork-tail Petrel (Leach's Storm Petrel) 100 460 Wilson's Petrel (Wilson's Storm Petrel) 100 461 Least Petrel - Mother Carey's Chicken 125 463 Long-billed Puffin 400 464 Common Puffin 1,200 466 Razor-billed Auk (Razorbill) 150 467 Curled-crested Phaleris (Crested Auklet) 150 468 Knobbed-billed Phaleris (Least Auklet) 150 469 Little Auk or Sea Dove (Dovekie) 150 470 Black-throated Guillemot (Ancient Murrelet) 125 471 Horned-billed Guillemot (Rhinoceros Auklet) 125 472 Long-billed Guillemot (Thick-billed Murre) 125 473 Foolish Guillemot-Murre (Common Murre) 150 474 Black Guillemot 125 475 Slender-billed Guillemot (Marbled Murrelet) 125 477 Black-throated Diver (Arctic Loon) 350 479 Crested Grebe 200 480 Red-necked Grebe 250 481 Horned Grebe 200 482 Eared Grebe 75 483 Pied-billed Dobchick 200 484 Harris' Finch (Harris' Sparrow) 150 486 Sprague's Missouri Lark (Sprague's Pipit) 150 487 Smith's Lark Bunting (Smith's Longspur) 150 488 LeConti's Sharp Tail Bunting (LeConte's Sparrow) 400 491 Least Flycatcher 450 492 Brewer's Blackbird 150 493 Shattuck's Bunting (Clay-colored Sparrow) 100 494 Missouri Red-moustached Woodpecker (Northern Flicker) 150 495 Nuttall's Whip-poor-will (Common Poorwill) 150 498 Common Scaup Duck (Greater Scaup) 300 499 Common Troupial 850 500 Baird's Bunting (Baird's Sparrow) 150 |
Audubon Prints & Books Limited Partners 2010 - 11
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