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John James Audubon, Birds of America: from Drawings Made during a Residence of upwards of Twenty-Five Years in the United States and its Territories (Prospectus to Birds of America), [Edinburgh : Lizars, 1827?]. (Call Number: Scientific Miscellany 22)

—., Ornithological Biography, or An Account of the Habits of the Birds of the United States of America; Accompanied by Descriptions of the Objects Represented in the Work Entitled The Birds of America, and Interspersed with Delineations of American Scenery and Manners, Edinburgh, A. Black; [etc., etc.] 1831-1849 [i.e. 1839]. (BRBL Call Number: 1982 +16)

—., The Birds of America: from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories, New York: J.J. Audubon; Philadelphia: J.B. Chevalier, 1840-44. (Octavo Edition) (Call Number: Sy13 A12 840Ab Vol. 1-7)

—., The Birds of America: from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories, New York: J.J. Audubon; Philadelphia: J.B. Chevalier, 1840-44. (Electronic Resource)

—.  and John Bachman, The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, J. J. Audubon, 1845-48. (Call Number: SSz14 A12 845A Vol. 1-3)

—.  and John Bachman, The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, J. J. Audubon, 1845-48. (Electronic Resource)

—. and John Bachman, The Quadrupeds of North America, New York: V.G. Audubon, 1849-1854. (Call Number: 1975 2339 Vol. 1-3) IMAGE: Pouched Jerboa Mouse, pl. no. CXXX

—. The Birds of America, from Drawings by John James Audubon. Re-Issued by J. W. Audubon. Vol. 1.  New York: Roe Lockwood & Son, 1860; chromolithography by J. Bien (Call Number: SSy13 U2 860A)

—., The Birds of America: from Original Drawings (facsimile edition), [New York : Abbeville Press, 1985] (Call Number: 1986 Folio 23)

—., The New-York Historical Society Edition of Audubon’s Fifty Best Watercolors from the Original Watercolors Prepatory for John James Audubon’s Birds of America, [Chicago]: Oppenheimer Editions, c2006. (facsimiles) (Call Number: 2007 Folio 1)

—., The New-York Historical Society Edition of Audubon’s Watercolors, the Complete Avian Collection: from the Original Watercolors Prepatory for John James Audubon’s Birds of America, [Chicago]: Oppenheimer Editions, c2010. (facsimiles) (Call Number: 2011 Folio 66)

—., The Birds of America: from Original Drawings (facsimile edition), Tokyo : Yushodo, 2014. (Call Number: 2015 Folio 149)

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