Audubon, John James - Original Lithograph from Birds of America HM - Literature dated in 1896 - Matted

dated in 1896 - Matted together with an original Metropolitan Opera playbill from the late 1890s announcing an upcoming performance of Les Huguenots with Jean De Rezske as Raoul de Nangis

closely associated with Verdi

photo by Charles Ritzmann

at Arena di Verona

Audubon, John James - Original Lithograph from Birds of America HM - Literature dated in 1896 - MattedLithograph from "Birds of America" by John James Audubon (1785 1851), perhaps the most famous early American naturalist. Print from the first octavo edition of this book, created by J. T. Bowen, Philadelphia under Audubons supervision. First edition was hand colored and published in 1840 1844. Pintail Duck, male and female, sized 10. 5 x 6. 5 inches, original, not a reproduction, in excellent condition.