Audubon Octavo PELLEUSE CANARD oiseaux dAmérique boutiques litho originale couleur main 1856

LITHOGRAPH ON PAPER, 6.5 inches X 10.25 inches (Sight)

Excellentcondition with no defects to report. As usual, one edge is slightly rough and

uneven from being removed from the binding.

This is an original hand-colored print - #394 - from the second octavo edition of John

James Audubons Birds of America, published in 1856.

Lithographed, printed, and colored by J.T. Bowen, Philadelphia, 1856.

The second octavo edition was produced under the supervision of Audubons son, Victor

GuiffordAudubon and features a combination of hand-coloring and stone lithography.

This second edition print has basically the same pedigree as the first edition print except

that it has BLOCK LETTERS in the credits instead of italics.

The credits are in BLOCK LETTERS,the identifying feature of second edition octavos numbered 151-500.

Although this print is a second edition, not a first edition, due to the presence of BLOCK LETTERS,

this is still NOT the Lockwood edition,which features a printedcolor background.

Nota bene: Two major web sites do not distinguish between"secondedition" and

"subsequent edition" and are selling printsfrom the Lockwood edition as thoughthey

were from the second edition, and as though there is not a world of difference in quality

between thesecond edition and the Lockwood edition. The "Lockwood edition" was

actually the 4th, 5th, 6th, and7th editions,and these prints were not hand-colored.

Comes in a plastic protector, and will be sandwiched between wider foam boards for mailing.

Buyer to pay $8 Priority Mail shipping within U.S. International shipments made at $18 via Priority Intl.

Buying more than one octavo-sized print? Additional octavos ship free.