12 résultats
1831réf. 644921831. First Edition. AUDUBON John James. Ornithological Biography or an Account of the Habits of the Birds of the United States of America; Accompanied by Descriptions of the Objects Represented in the Work Entitled The Birds of America and Interspersed with Delineations of American Scenery and Manners. Philadelphia: Judah Dobson 1831. Tall octavo modern half red morocco raised bands marbled endpapers. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $3000.Extremely scarce printed Prospectus for the Double Elephant Folio of Birds of America bound with Volume I of the first American edition of the companion text to Birds of America.Ornithological Biography was Audubon's companion text to the engravings in his folio Birds of America. Audubon returned to the United States in September 1831 having earlier shipped copies of Volume I of the Edinburgh edition to his American agent. The text was published separately from the plates to circumvent the British Copyright Act of 1708 which would have required that Audubon deposit nine sets of the expensive plates with English deposit libraries. Audubon's American agent Dr. Richard Harlan of Philadelphia was to secure the American copyright and arrange for an American edition. Although Harlan made arrangements with Judah Dobson for publication he failed to actively promote the work and sales were weak. Audubon later made arrangements for a subsequent edition of Volume I to be published in 1832 by Carey and Hart of Philadelphia; Volume II was published in Boston in 1832 and the remaining three volumes were all published only in Edinburgh. All versions of Volume I are scarce; Sabin notes ""Vol. I is often missing"" Sabin 2366. Only two copies of the American first edition have appeared at auction in the last 30 years as compared to 22 copies of the 1831 Edinburgh edition. Fries in The Double Elephant Folio 1973 recorded 16 known copies of the Prospectus in six different formats from a single sheet to a 16-page gathering. Ten additional copies have surfaced since 1973 either as individual items or bound into the 1831 Edinburgh edition of Ornithological Biography. The Prospectus in the present volume is Fries' version E which comprises 16 pages including the list of subscribers; there are 14 known copies of this version. When found version E is usually bound at the end of the first volume of the Edinburgh edition. The copies of the version E Prospectus in the Ayer Ornithological Library at the Field Museum in Chicago and at the Ellis Collection at the University of Kansas neither listed by Fries are each bound at the end of Volume I of the Philadelphia 1831 edition as in this copy. Zimmer 19. Anker 18. Howes A389. Embrowning and scattered foxing throughout attractive binding fine. A very good copy of a rare piece of Americana. hardcover books
réf. 141737aafNew York, American Heritage, Publ. Co., 1966, in-folio, XLVI textpages with 21 fig. + 431 colorplates, Bound in original full cloth over boards. 2 volume set with slipcase, titlepiece on frontcover.
réf. 5189L'Atalante & La Bibliothèque Municipale de Nantes, 1992, reliures pleine toile d'éditeur avec jaquettes illustrées en couleurs, en deux volumes sous emboitage illustré en couleurs, 16,5x24x10 cm, 1086 pages (pagination continue). Edition établie et préfacée par Ben FORKNER, traduits de l'anglais par Eugène Bazin, Patrick Couton, Jane Guyon, Daniel Lefort, Michel Michaud & Isabelle Pavoni sous la direction de Patrick Couton. Cet ouvrage a été traduit avec le concours du Centre National des Lettres. LXIV planches en couleurs et noir et blanc. Tirage à 2000 exemplaires.
réf. 33514MICHAEL JOSEPH 1966. TWO LARGE QUARTO VERY GOOD IN BROWN BUCKRAM. REPRODUCED IN FULL COLOUR FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM THE COLLECTION AT THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. INTRODUCTION BY MARSHALL DAVIDSON. A VERY GOOD SET. VERY HEAVY SO EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED. MICHAEL JOSEPH, 1966 hardcover
1831réf. 644921831. First Edition. AUDUBON John James. Ornithological Biography or an Account of the Habits of the Birds of the United States of America; Accompanied by Descriptions of the Objects Represented in the Work Entitled The Birds of America and Interspersed with Delineations of American Scenery and Manners. Philadelphia: Judah Dobson 1831. Tall octavo modern half red morocco raised bands marbled endpapers. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $3000.Extremely scarce printed Prospectus for the Double Elephant Folio of Birds of America bound with Volume I of the first American edition of the companion text to Birds of America.Ornithological Biography was Audubon's companion text to the engravings in his folio Birds of America. Audubon returned to the United States in September 1831 having earlier shipped copies of Volume I of the Edinburgh edition to his American agent. The text was published separately from the plates to circumvent the British Copyright Act of 1708 which would have required that Audubon deposit nine sets of the expensive plates with English deposit libraries. Audubon's American agent Dr. Richard Harlan of Philadelphia was to secure the American copyright and arrange for an American edition. Although Harlan made arrangements with Judah Dobson for publication he failed to actively promote the work and sales were weak. Audubon later made arrangements for a subsequent edition of Volume I to be published in 1832 by Carey and Hart of Philadelphia; Volume II was published in Boston in 1832 and the remaining three volumes were all published only in Edinburgh. All versions of Volume I are scarce; Sabin notes ""Vol. I is often missing"" Sabin 2366. Only two copies of the American first edition have appeared at auction in the last 30 years as compared to 22 copies of the 1831 Edinburgh edition. Fries in The Double Elephant Folio 1973 recorded 16 known copies of the Prospectus in six different formats from a single sheet to a 16-page gathering. Ten additional copies have surfaced since 1973 either as individual items or bound into the 1831 Edinburgh edition of Ornithological Biography. The Prospectus in the present volume is Fries' version E which comprises 16 pages including the list of subscribers; there are 14 known copies of this version. When found version E is usually bound at the end of the first volume of the Edinburgh edition. The copies of the version E Prospectus in the Ayer Ornithological Library at the Field Museum in Chicago and at the Ellis Collection at the University of Kansas neither listed by Fries are each bound at the end of Volume I of the Philadelphia 1831 edition as in this copy. Zimmer 19. Anker 18. Howes A389. Embrowning and scattered foxing throughout attractive binding fine. A very good copy of a rare piece of Americana. hardcover
réf. 30377London: Natural History Museum 2012. Hardback in fine condition with dust wrapper. London: Natural History Museum (2012). hardcover
réf. 199671Secaucus NJ: Wellfleet Press 1989. 1st edn. 4to. Original gilt lettered black cloth Fine dustwrapper near Fine. Pp. 440 illus with155 coloured plates no inscriptions. Secaucus NJ: Wellfleet Press, 1989 unknown
réf. 197598Edition de la Main Fleurie 2004. Limited numbered edn 924 of 2500. Folio 15½ x 12¼ ins. Original loose leaves in cloth-backed solander box Fine. Pp. xxxix 202 illus with 48 coloured plates no inscriptions. Edition de la Main Fleurie, 2004 unknown
réf. 140159Natural History Museum 2017. 2017 reprint. Folio 13 x 8¾ ins. Original gilt lettered crimson cloth Fine dustwrapper Fine. Pp. 448 illus throughout with coloured plates no inscriptions. Natural History Museum, 2017 unknown
réf. 63514Eds La Martiniere 2008 In-4 34 cm 159pp. illustr. et planches hors-texte couverture cart. de l'editeur Nb-0313 unknown
réf. BAY_10_SH_041028American Heritage Publishing. Used - Good. 1966 two volume set with slipcase. Text blocks firm and clean bindingsunblemished boards straight no highlights or underlining. Mild shelf wear to edges some bumping to slipcase back of case is missing. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010. American Heritage Publishing hardcover
1849réf. 705519008Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. New York: V.G.Audubon 1849-1851-1854 3 Volumes 10 x 6 4/8 inches 155 fine handcolored lithographed and chromolithographed plates by W.E.Hitchcock and R.Trembly after J.J. and J.W. Audubon all tissue gards present the plates clean and crisp 2 half titles new endpapers 20th-century half blue morocco blue cloth minor rubbing in all a fine set. First octavo edition bound from the original parts. The 'Quadrupeds' was first published in three folio volumes between 1845 and 1848 as "The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America" with 150 color plates. The first octavo edition issued in response to the success of a similar edition of the 'Birds of America' between 1851 and 1854 contains all of the original 150 plates reduced by means of the camera lucida with 5 of the 6 supplemental octavo plates that were issued separately with the text in 1854.Audubon's enthusiasm at the start of the project was unbridled. Around 1840 he wrote to his collaborator the Rev. James Bachman" I am growing old but what of this My spirits are as enthusiastical as ever. My legs full able to carry my body for ten years to come and in about two of these I expect the illustrations out and ere the following twelve months have elapsed their histories studied their descriptions carefully prepared and the book printed! Only think of the quadrupeds of America being presented to the World of Science by Audubon and Bachman" Streshinsky Audubon p.331. The artist managed to complete seventy-seven drawings before failing health kept him from his work. The remainder were completed by John Woodhouse Audubon. The dauntingly massive enterprise was a commercial success owing chiefly to Victor's careful management. Before Audubon's death in 1851 his sons succeeded in soliciting some three hundred subscriptions for the work. Bennett 5; Nissen ZBI 163; Sabin 2638. V.G.Audubon hardcover
