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(BIRDS.) Audubon, John James.
Red-necked Grebe. Plate CCXCVIII.
Hand-colored engraved and aquatint plate
from the double elephant folio edition of
The Birds of America, 665x1000 mm
sheet size; slight but even toning overall;
watermarked “JWhatman 1836.”
London: Havell, 1839
[2,500/3,500]
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(BIRDS.) Audubon, John James.
White-breasted Eagle. Plate CXXVI.
Hand-
colored engraved plate from the double elephant folio edition of The Birds of America,
on full sheet (940x625 mm); 95 mm closed tear just outside tail feathers, very slightly
toned; watermarkedWhatman paper with portion of watermark unreadable as it is covered
by tail feathers. London: Havell, circa 1838
[8,000/12,000]
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