Lot 40
  • 40

Audubon, John James

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 USD
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Description

Bonaparte's Flycatcher and Green Black-capt Flycatcher



2 handcolored engraved plates with etching and aquatint (38 x 25  3/4  in.; 967 x 654 mm), extracted from The Birds of America (London, 1827–1838), after Audubon by Robert Havell, numbered plate v and plate cxxivGood impressions, fresh coloring, generous margins; plate 5 with left margin at plate mark skilfully repaired from top to bottom, some paper loss with skillful restoration at upper margin, plate 124 with slight paper loss at left margin due to extraction from bound volume.  Floated and glazed in handsome gilt frames.