J.J. Audubon's The Birds of America

Audubon, John James (1785-1851). The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories.,

New York and Philadelphia: Printed by E.G. Dorsey for J.J. Audubon and J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844. 1st ed. 7 vols., octavo with quarter bound in dark leather with raised bands and gilt writing, having green/black marble boards. Including 500 hand-colored lithograph plates, after original watercolors and aquatint engravings by J.J. Audubon.
Condition: Wear to leather binding, foxing to pages, some loose pages and tape repairs, having book plates to front cover.