The Original Water-Color Paintings by John James Audubon for the Birds of America (2 Volume Box Set)

Pp. xlvi, 431 color plates + descriptive text - many plates are folding. Publisher's decorated brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, and with Audubon's initials in gilt on the front cover, French-style marbled endpapers, sm folio. This attractive landmark work reproduces the water-color paintings that Audubon made to produce the 'Birds of America' for the first time. No signs of use.