AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES (1785-1851) THE BIRDS OF AMERICA. NEW YORK: V.G. AUDUBON, 1856; SECOND EDITION, SEVEN OCTAVO VOLUMES, ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT WITH FIVE HUNDRED CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS OF BIRDS, ALL VOLUMES WITH THE HALF-TITLES, BOUND IN UNIFORM FULL GREEN PEBBLED MOROCCO, WITH ELABORATE GILT STAMPING TO BOARDS, A.E.G., INNER GILT DENTELLES, THE OLD SPINES BEING INTACT, THE LEATHER IN GOOD CONDITION, SOME CORNERS STILL CRISP, CONTENTS WITH SOME FOXING THROUGHOUT, TO TEXT LEAVES AND TISSUE GUARDS, PLATES GENERALLY SPARED, 10 1/2 X 6 3/4 IN. (7) CLASSIC BRITISH ARMORIAL BINDING. STAMPED ON COVER WITH THE GILT COAT OF ARMS OF HENRY ARTHUR JOHNSTONE, THE BOOK PLATE BEARING HIS NAME AND THE DATE 1899. PROVENANCE: FROM THE LIBRARY OF HENRY ARTHUR JOHNSTONE, WHICH CONTAINED A LARGE PROPORTION OF BOOKS ON NATURAL HISTORY, SOLD EN BLOC TO A LONDON BOOKSELLER IN 1921 (CLEMENTS).