Audubon Quadruped 1854 1st edition print PRAIRIE WOLF

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C I R Q L A R Original antique prints, books, maps and atlases Image Name PRAIRIE WOLF. Plate # 71. Author/Artist John James Audubon. Date of Publication Published by V.G. Audubon, New York. Lithographed by J.T. Bowen. Type of Print Original hand colored lithograph. Size of Image Royal octavo size: App. 10 3/8" X 7". Condition In overall very good to excellent condition. Description We are pleased to offer a wonderful selection of beautiful original hand colored lithographs from the Royal Octavo edition of Quadrupeds Of North America , by John James Audubon, 1854 . Audubon's sons saw a need to reduce the size of the Imperial Folio edition of the Quadrupeds and beginning in 1849, the octavo edition was published in three volumes. Volume I was followed in 1851 with the second volume, and the final third volume was published in 1854. Between 1999 and 2004 sets were published in this first edition.At the time that Audubon began work on this reduced edition, John Bowen, the gentleman with whom he had collaborated on earlier works, was preoccupied so he employed the printing firm of Nagel and Weingaertner of New York."T is nothing perfect but primitiveness, and my efforts at copying nature, like all other things attempted by us mere mortals, fall short of the originals...-John James Audubon.Thank you for looking and please be sure and look at our other auctions for other fine works by Audubon including works from the first edition of the Birds Of America .We do not use the eBay check-out system for invoicing so it is not necessary to email us at auction end. You will receive an email from Paypal letting you know the particular payment options available to you. We will also send you an email summarizing your winning bids along with one combined postal charge. We will email you this summary within 24 hours after the auction's end. Cirqlar is a SquareTrade seller in good standing and we will do everything we can make this a positive experience for you. We don't hold checks for clearance (we have yet to receive a bad check after over 25,000 transactions!). Again, we will be happy to combine purchases to save on your shipping costs. News flash! We are now using UPS for our North American shipments. Shipments are easy to track, and t is $100 of built in insurance. If you are one of our International friends, please contact us with your particulars (name of country, insurance requirements if any) so that we might get as accurate a quote as possible to get your purchase to you in a timely fashion. Please note that we now have (finally, mercifully) a legitimate "about me" section w you can find more information about who we are and what we do as well as more tips on collecting prints and the various types of printing techniques that have been used over the years. In addition, we have hundreds of rare prints and colorplate books, maps and atlases at set prices. We have recently been fortunate enough to acquire, for example, the original watercolors from Lewin's "Birds of Great Britain". We also have listed several prints from Shaw and Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany", flower prints from Curtis' "Flora Londeninsis", P.J. Redoute's "Les Liliacees". Please also check out our ebay listings for some phenomenal Abbeville edition elephant folio restrikes of Audubon's "Birds Of America" which are what many refer to as the preeminent 20th century facsimile edition of this important work. We will be updating this frequently. We are committed to offering the very best antique prints available with over the top superior service. Please click " for more information about us. Thank you for looking. read more

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