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The second octavo edition of the Birds, with 500 plates, 

 published without change, except in pagination. The portrait 

 of Audubon, which appears in this or in some of the later edi- 

 tions, was engraved by H. B. Hall after the painting by Henry. 

 Inman. 



9. AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES: 



The Birds of America; from Original Drawings by 

 John James Audubon, Fellow of the Royal Societies of 

 London & Edinburgh, &c., &c., &c. Reissued by J. W. 

 Audubon. 1 vol. of 106 double elephant folio plates, in 

 chromolithography, by J. Bien, 180 Broadway, repre- 

 senting 151 of the original copper plates. Roe Lock- 

 wood & Son, Publishers. New York, 1860. 

 The only (and partial) reissue of the original folio; plates, 

 in many instances double, renumbered to correspond with the 

 octavo edition, with backgrounds often simplified or changed, 

 and much inferior to the original hand-colored engravings ; the 

 plates are dated "1858" or "1859." Checked by the Civil War, 

 the residual stock of plates found a ready sale thirty years 

 later. Citation from copy in the Public Library, New York 

 City. (See Appendix III, Document No. 3). 



10. AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES: 



The Birds of America, from Drawings made in the 

 United States and their Territories, by John James 

 Audubon, F. R. S., &c., &c. Reissued by J. W. Audu- 

 bon. Vols. I-VII, roy. 8vo. Text only. Roe Lock- 

 wood & Son, Publishers. New York, 1861. Vol. I, pp. 

 i-viii, 11-246; Vol. II, pp. i-viii, 11-200; Vol. Ill, pp. 

 i-viii, 9-234 ; Vol. IV, pp. i-viii, 9-322 ; Vol. V, pp. 1-viii, 

 9-346; Vol. VI, pp. i-viii, 2-456; Vol. VII (not seen). 

 Issued as the letterpress of the imperfect folio (see No. 9) 

 described above. According to Sabin, quoted by Coues (see 

 No. 181 of this Bibliography), only 4 royal octavo volumes of 

 this text was issued ; the present citation is from the 6 volumes 



