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First 50 plates from Audubon's Quad Quarto (all in Vol. I)

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Author: Audubon, John James and J.W. Audubon
Title: Complete set of plates from Quadrupeds of North America Volume I
Place Published: Philadelphia
Publisher:Printed and Colored by J.T. Bowen
Date Published: [1849-1870]
Description: 50 hand-colored lithographs by J.T. Bowen after paintings by John James Audubon. Each approx. 17.7x26.7 (7x10½") or vice versa.The first 50 plates from one of the quarto editions of Audubon's The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, later reprinted as The Quadrupeds of North America.Includes:
I: Common American Wild Cat
II: Maryland Woodchuck
III: Townsend's Rocky Mountain Hare
IV: Florida Rat
V: Richardson's Columbian Squirrel
VI: American Cross Fox
VII: Carolina Gray Squirrel
VIII: Chipping Squirrel
IX: Parry's Marmot Squirrel
X: Common American Shrew Mole
XI: Northern Hare, Summer
XII: Northern Hare, Winter
XIII: Muskrat
XIV: Hudson's Bay Squirrel
XV: Oregon Flying Squirrel
XVI: Canada Lynx, Male
XVII: Cat Squirrel
XVIII: Marsh Hare
XIX: Soft-haired Squirrel
XX: Townsend's Ground Squirrel
XXI: Grey Fox
XXII: Grey Rabbit, Old & Young
XXIII: Black Rat
XXIV: Four Striped Ground Squirrel
XXV: Downy Squirrel
XXVI: Wolverine
XXVII: Long Haired Squirrel
XXVIII: Common Flying Squirrel
XXIX: Rocky Mountain Neotoma
XXX: Cotton Rat
XXXI: Collared Peccary
XXXII: Polar Hare
XXXIII: Mink
XXXIV: Black Squirrel
XXXV: Migratory Squirrel
XXXVI: Canada Porcupine
XXXVII: Swamp Hare
XXXVIII: Red Bellied Squirrel
XXXIX: Leopard Spermophile
XL: White-footed Mouse
XLI: Pennant's Marten or Fisher
XLII: Common American Skunk
XLIII: Hare Squirrel
XLIV: Canada Pouched Rat
XLV: Wilson's Meadow Mouse
XLVI: American Beaver
XLVII: American Badger
XLVIII:
Douglass' Squirrel
XLIX: Douglass' Spermophile
L: Richardson's Spermophile

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First 50 plates from Audubon's Quad Quarto (all in Vol. I)

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