Audobon Hummingbird, first octavo edition
Updated September 24, 2026
| Lot number | 187 |
| Estimate | 200.00 - 400.00 USD |
| Auction | Fall Rare Books, Manuscripts, Historical Prints, & Ephemera |
| Date | October 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM EDT |
| Auction house | Quinn's Auction Galleries |
| Location | Falls Church, Virginia |
AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1840-44. Original hand-colored lithograph, 6 7/8" x 10 5/8" (sheet), matted and framed to 10" x 13". Imprint in lower margin printed in italics. Provenance: Schramm Galleries (Ft. Lauderdale, purchased 1962). Plate 253 from the first octavo edition of Audubon's Birds of America. Condition Faint even toning, not examined out of frame.
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