Sale 2496 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, December 13, 2018

269 c   (ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS.) Bufford, J.H. [Adirondack Views]. 10 lith- ographed views and 5 engraved maps (several folding). 4to, 12x10 inches, original plain yel- low wrappers, well preserved; foxing and dampstaining.[NewYork,1838] [800/1,200] Scarce portfolio of plates by Bufford’s lithogra- phy firm after sketches by Ebenezer Emmons and Charles Cromwell Ingham prepared while conducting geological surveys of New York State in 1837. Emmons is credited with attaching the name Adirondack to the region. 270 c   AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. The Birds of America. 500 tinted and hand- colored lithographed plates. 7 volumes. Royal 8vo, 11x7 1 / 2 inches, publisher’s blind patterned full brown morocco, minimal rubbing; moderate to heavy foxing and age toning, contemporary ink gift inscriptions to front free endpapers “Fanny E. Pugh from her mother June 5th 1860.” Third octavo edition. New York: V.G. Audubon, Roe Lockwood & Son, 1859 [20,000/30,000] together with : Audubon, John James. The Quadrupeds of North America. 155 tinted and hand- colored lithographed plates. 3 volumes. Royal 8vo, 11x7 1 / 2 inches, publisher’s black stamped full brown morocco, minimal rubbing; generally very clean. New York: V.G. Audubon 1849-1854. 270 269