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ARCHITECTURE - ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL Manuscript planning brief for work under the supervision of Inigo Jones, [c.1631]
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Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Birds of North America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories, first edition, New York: by J.J. Audubon [and] Philadelphia: by J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844. image 1
Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Birds of North America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories, first edition, New York: by J.J. Audubon [and] Philadelphia: by J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844. image 2
Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Birds of North America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories, first edition, New York: by J.J. Audubon [and] Philadelphia: by J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844. image 3
Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Birds of North America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories, first edition, New York: by J.J. Audubon [and] Philadelphia: by J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844. image 4
Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Birds of North America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories, first edition, New York: by J.J. Audubon [and] Philadelphia: by J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844. image 5
Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Birds of North America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories, first edition, New York: by J.J. Audubon [and] Philadelphia: by J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844. image 6
Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Birds of North America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories, first edition, New York: by J.J. Audubon [and] Philadelphia: by J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844. image 7
Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Birds of North America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories, first edition, New York: by J.J. Audubon [and] Philadelphia: by J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844. image 8
Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Birds of North America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories, first edition, New York: by J.J. Audubon [and] Philadelphia: by J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844. image 9
Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Birds of North America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories, first edition, New York: by J.J. Audubon [and] Philadelphia: by J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844. image 10
Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Birds of North America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories, first edition, New York: by J.J. Audubon [and] Philadelphia: by J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844. image 11
Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Birds of North America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories, first edition, New York: by J.J. Audubon [and] Philadelphia: by J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844. image 12
Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Birds of North America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories, first edition, New York: by J.J. Audubon [and] Philadelphia: by J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844. image 13
Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Birds of North America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories, first edition, New York: by J.J. Audubon [and] Philadelphia: by J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844. image 14
Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Birds of North America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories, first edition, New York: by J.J. Audubon [and] Philadelphia: by J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844. image 15
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Audubon, John James (1785-1851)
The Birds of North America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories, first edition, New York: by J.J. Audubon [and] Philadelphia: by J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844.

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Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Birds of North America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories, first edition, 7 vols., 8vo, illustrated throughout with 499 colored lithographs (out of 500; the American Flamingo, Pl. 375, is missing); half-titles and subscriber lists present in each volume, contemporary full black morocco with gilt ruling, page edges gilt, title, author, and volume number gilt to spines (an exceptionally clean copy, no foxing, all tissue guards present, front cover of vol. V loose; vols. VI and VII have repaired hinges with modern marbled endpapers rather than the yellow endpapers of the other volumes, one plate, the Dusky Albatross, Pl. 454, has tape stains and toning from a magazine clipping taped to the verso and the word "over" written in ink in the lower right corner of the recto),10 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.
As noted in a 19th-century penciled inscription in vol. II, this set belonged to an original subscriber, Gorham Brooks of Massachusetts, and all volumes have the bookplate of a 20th-century descendant, also named Gorham Brooks., New York: by J.J. Audubon [and] Philadelphia: by J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844.

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