Imperial
Folio of Quadrupeds
Audubon
is widely known and appreciated for his work with birds. But
he also produced an ambitious and worthy folio of mammels.
This edition was also reproduced in the smaller octavo size.
This edition
was printed between 1843 and 1848.
Known
as the Imperial Folio Quadrupeds, this edition was created
using lithography. Coloring was done by a Philadelphia lithographer
named J.T Bowen.
The paper
measures 22" x 28".
This paper
is not watermarked.
Documentation
on the number of editions is not entirely clear. The first
printing of full sized Double Elephant prints was 303 sets
of 150 images, all sold by subscription. Later, in 1865 a
second edition was created but the numbers produced is not
known.
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