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Volumes 2 and 3 of the 3 volume set. Volume 2 printed in 1851, volume 3 printed in 1854. Both are uniformly bound in full leather with minor overall wear, gilt board design and page edges. Volume 2 has been rebound with new endpapers, now lacking the half title page. Volume 3 has 3 previous owner names written on the front free endpaper with newest date being 1901. No other marks or notations in either volume. Both volumes have good bindings. All pages and plates are present. Some plate tissue guards are missing. Varying degrees of foxing to the pages and plates.

'Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America' is another notable work by John James Audubon, initially intended to complement 'The Birds of America'. It provides detailed illustrations and descriptions of North American mammals.