BRA0838A

Title

Subject

Description

Audubon's masterpiece, the famous double-elephant folio Birds of America, comprised 435 hand-colored lithographs published between 1827 and 1838. The smaller octavo format Birds of America, subsequently issued in seven volumes, contains the original set of designs traced onto smaller plates, with an additional sixty-five new plates.

Creator

Audubon, John James, 1785–1851.

Source

BRA0838A. John James Audubon (1785–1851). The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories. New York: J. J. Audubon; Philadelphia: J. B. Chevalier, 1840–1844. Volume 1 of seven volumes.

Relation

NatHistory

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

English

Type

Illustrated Ornithological Text

Collection

Highlights from the Ruth and Lyle Sellers Medical Collection

Citation

Audubon, John James, 1785–1851. , “BRA0838A,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed August 13, 2026, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1767.