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Audubon's Birds of America, First Edition - Volume with 48 Lithographs - This is volume 7 of a re-bound collection with 48 hand-colored lithographs is John James Audubon's first octavo edition of Birds of America published in 1841. The plates were completed under the direct supervision of J. J. Audubon. The lithography and hand-coloring was completed by J. T. Bowen. This volume was rebound in black morocco. Prints from Birds of America are amongst the most sought after and collectible of hand-colored American prints. The first edition was the only one to be completed using strictly hand-coloring. John James Audubon (1785-1851) is perhaps the most famous of early American naturalists. Birds of America is one of the best examples of hand-colored work in America and is highly collectible. Included in this volume: Plate 421: Frigate Pelican Man of War Bird Plate 422: American White Pelican Plate 423: Brown Pelican Plate 424: Brown Pelican Plate 425: Common Gannet Plate 426: Booby Gannet Plate 427: Tropic Bird Plate 428: Black Skimmer or Shearwater Plate 429: Cayenne Tern Plate 430: Gull-billed Tern, Marsh Tern Plate 431: Sandwich Tern Plate 432: Sooty Tern Plate 433: Common Tern Plate 434: Havells Tern Plate 435: Trudeau's Tern Plate 436: Arctic Tern Plate 437: Roseate Tern Plate 438: Black Tern Plate 439: Least Tern Plate 440: Noddy Tern Plate 441: Fork-tailed Gull Plate 442: Bonapartes Gull Plate 443: Black-headed Gull Plate 444: Kittiwake Gull Plate 445: Ivory Gull Plate 446: Common American GullRing-billed Gull Plate 447: White-winged Silvery Gull Plate 448: Herring or Silvery Gull Plate 449: Glaucus Gull-Burgomaster Plate 450: Great Black-backed Gull Plate 451: Pomerine Jager Plate 452: Richardson Jager Plate 453: Arctic Jager Plate 454: Dusky Albatross Plate 455: Fulmar Petrel Plate 456: Wandering Shearwater Plate 457: Manks Shearwater Plate 458: Dusky Shearwater Plate 459: Leach's Petrel Forked-tailed Petrel Plate 460: Wilson's Petrel Mother Carey's Chicken Plate 461: Least PetrelMother Carey's Chicken Plate 462: Tufted Puffin Plate 463: Large billed Puffin Plate 464: Common or Arctic Puffin Plate 465: Great Auk (Extinct) Plate 466: Razor-billed Auk Plate 467: Curled-crested Phaleris Plate 468: Knobbed-billed Phaleris