Appendix Iii

"THE BIRDS OF AMERICA"

1. Final Lists of Subscribers to "The Birds of America," folio edition, as published by Audubon in 1839. (See Ornithological Biography, vol. v, pp. 647-651.)

List of American Subscribers

1. Library of Congress of the United States, Washington City. 2. State Departments, Washington City. 3. Library of the General Court of Massachusetts. 4. Legislature of South Carolina, for the Columbia College. 5. Legislature of Louisiana. 6. Legislature of Maryland. 7. Legislature of New York. 8. Legislature of Michigan. 9. Boston Athenæum. 10. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 11. Providence Athenæum, Rhode Island. 12. Salem Athenæum, Salem, Massachusetts. 13. American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia. 14. Academy of Natural Sciences, do. 15. Columbia College of New York. 16. Boston Natural History Society. 17. Charleston Library, South Carolina. 18. Charleston Natural History Society, South Carolina. 19. Charleston Citizens' Library, do 20. Richard Harlaw [Harlan], Esq., M.D., Philadelphia. 21. John P. Wetherell, Esq. Philadelphia. 22. Mrs. Ford, do. 23. Mrs. Douglas Cruger, New York. 24. Edward Prime Esq., banker, New York. 25. James G. King, Esq. do. do. 26. Cornelius C. Low, Esq. do. 27. P. J. Stuyvesant, Esq., M.D. do. 28. Robert Ray, Esq. do. 29. J. L. Joseph, Esq. do. 30. Richard N. Carman, Esq. do. 31. Mrs. Bailey, do. 32. Stephen Van Rensselaer, Esq., Albany, New York. 33. Hogden Haggerty, Esq. do. 34. W. L. Colman, Esq. do. 35. Samuel Swartout, Esq. do. 36. James Watson Webb, Esq. do. 37. Thomas H. Faile, Esq. do. 38. Lewis Rogers, Esq. do. 39. Jer. Van Rensselaer, Esq. M.D. do. 40. H. C. De Rham, junior, Esq. do. 41. Stephen A. Halsey, Esq. Long Island, do. 42. Edward Harris, Esq. Moorestown, New Jersey. 43. Thomas H. Perkins, Esq. Boston. 44. J. G. Cushing, Esq. do. 45. Samuel Appleton, Esq. do. 46. George C. Shattuck, Esq. M.D. Boston. 47. P. J. Jackson, Esq. do. 48. James Brown, Esq. do. 49. Frederick Tudor, Esq. do. 50. The Honourable Daniel Webster, do. 51. Augustus Thorndike, Esq. do. 52. L. Baldwin, Esq. Civil Engineer, do. 53. E. Greenwood, Esq. Museum, do. 54. George Pratt, Esq. do. 55. William Sturges, Esq. do. 56. Robert Gilmor, Esq. Baltimore. 57. John B. Morris, Esq. do. 58. —— Smith, Esq. Baltimore. 59. Thomas Edmonston, jun. Esq. do. 60. William Gaston, Esq. Savannah, Georgia. 61. James Potter, Esq. do. do. 62. Alexander Telfair, Esq. do. do. 63. Thomas Young, Esq. do. do. 64. John David Mongin, Esq. do. do. 65. Daniel Blake, Esq. do. do. 66. Thomas Butler King, Esq. St. Simon Island, Georgia. 67. Thomas Metcalf, Esq. Augusta, Georgia. 68. E. Geddings, Esq. M.D., Charleston, South Carolina. 69. William J. Rees, Esq. Stateburgh, do. 70. R. O. Anderson, Esq. Georgetown, do. 71. Miss Burley, Salem, Massachusetts. 72. Miss Elizabeth L. Pickman, Salem, Massachusetts. 73. William Oakes, Esq. Ipswich, do. 74. James Arnold, Esq. New Bedford, Rhode Island. 75. Garnet Duncan, Esq. Louisville, Kentucky. 76. John Croghan, Esq. M. D. do. do. 77. Henry Clay, jun. Esq. Ashland, do. 78. James Grimshaw, Esq. New Orleans. 79. Gustavus Schmidt, Esq. do. 80. J. J. Hughes, Esq. Manchester, Mississippi. 81. John Hunt, Esq. Mobile, Alabama. 82. Henry Hunt, Esq. Mobile, Alabama.

Europe

1. Her Most Excellent Majesty, Queen Adelaide, England. 2. (His Most Christian Majesty, Charles X). 3. His Majesty Philippe I. King of the French. 4. Her Royal Highness Mademoiselle d'Orleans. 5. Prince Massena, Paris. 6. His Grace the Duke of Rutland, London. 7. The Honourable W. C. Wentworth Fitzwilliam, London. 8. The Right Honourable the Countess of Ravensworth, Ravensworth Castle. 9. The University of Edinburgh. 10. The Society of Writers to her Majesty's Signet, Edinburgh. 11. Henry Witham, Esq. of Lartington, Durham. 12. John Rutter, Esq., M.D., Liverpool. 13. Doctor Bickersteth, Liverpool. 14. Armorer Donkin, Esq. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 15. Yorkshire Philosophical Society, York. 16. John Clough, Esq., Oxton Hall, Yorkshire. 17. Jos. S. Crompton, jun., Esq., Eshott Hall, Bradford, Yorkshire. 18. Thomas Walker, Esq. Killinbeck, near Leeds. 19. Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society. 20. John Marshall, jun. Esq., Headlinglay, Leeds. 21. Samuel Greg [Gregg], Esq., Quarry Bank, near Manchester. 22. Edward Lloyd, Esq., Greenhill, near Manchester. 23. The Manchester Society for the promotion of Natural History. 24. The Reverend Peter Horden, M.A., for the Cheetham Library, Manchester. 25. G. W. Wood, Esq., Manchester. 26. Mrs. Rattsbone [Rathbone], Greenbank, Liverpool. 27. J. G. Children, Esq., British Museum, London. 28. The Right Honourable the Earl of Carnarvon, London. 29. S. P. Atkins, Esq., Walbrook, London. 30. The Right Honourable the Earl of Derby, P. Z. S. [President of the Zoological Society], &c. &c. &c. 31. The Right Honourable Earl Spencer, London. 32. John Heathcote, Esq., London. 33. Joseph John Gurney, Esq. Earlham Hall, Norfolk. 34. James Darbyshire, Esq., Manchester. 35. John Blackwell, Esq., Manchester. 36. A. J. Cresswell Baker, Esq., Prowin Park. 37. Reverend Edward Craig, Edinburgh. 38. The College of Glasgow, as Trustees of the Hunterian Museum. 39. John Buddle, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 40. The York Subscription Library, York. 41. Kirk Patrick, Esq., London. 42. T. B. L. L. Baker, Esq. Christ Church, Oxford. 43. Doctor Lodge, for the University Library, Cambridge. 44. George Thackeray, D.D., Provost of King's College, Cambridge. 45. The Cambridge Philosophical Society. 46. The Fitzwilliam Museum, by M. Davy, Vice Chancellor. 47. Dr. Kidd, for the Anatomical School, Christ Church, Oxford. 48. Doctor Williams, for the Radcliffe Library, Oxford. 49. James Pickering Ord, Esq., Hedge Hill, near Derby. 50. The Right Honourable Viscount Milton, London. 51. M. Feuillet, for the Library of the Royal Institute of France. 52. Vicounte [Viscount] Simeon, for the Ministry of the Interior, 6 copies. 53. M. Pitois, Paris. 54. Mrs. Warden, London. 55. Mr. Hearne, bookseller, London. 56. Henry Ellisan, Esq., Beverly, Yorkshire. 57. Benjamin Smith, Esq. M. P., London. 58. The Right Honourable the Earl of Bradford, London. 59. Thomas Frost, Esq., Gorton Hall, near Manchester. 60. John G. Reeves, Esq., Birmingham. 61. Birmingham Old Library, by Beilby, Knott, and Beilby. 62. Joseph C. Dyer, Esq., Manchester. 63. Thomas Walker, Esq., Ravensfield, near Doncaster. 64. George Lamb Fox, Esq., Yorkshire. 65. Haarlem Library, Holland. 66. Mrs. Euphemia Gifford, Duffield Bank, Derby. 67. Charles Fox, Esq., Perrair, near Truro, England. 68. George Lane Fox, Esq., Yorkshire. 69. Sir John Tobin, Liverpool. 70. His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, Dalkeith Palace, Scotland. 71. His Imperial and Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Tuscany, &c. &c. &c. 72. London Institution, by Mr. Bradley, Librarian. 73. Benjamin Phillips, Esq., F. R. S. L., &c. &c. &c., 17 Wimpole Street, London. 74. Henry G. Bohn, Esq., London. 75. Charles J. Warde, Esq. Welcomb, near Stratford-on-Avon. 76. The British Museum, London (in part). 77. His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, &c. &c. &c. 78. Earl Hardwicke, &c. &c. &c. Wimpole, Arrington, Cambridge. 79. Sir Jacob Hastley, Bart, &c. &c. &c., Cavendish Square, London.

2. Prospectus of "The Birds of America," as issued in 1828, when ten Numbers of the original folio were engraved. (Compare Ornithological Biography, vol. i, pp. 1-16, as supplementary text, at the end.)

Under the Particular Patronage and Approbation of His Most Gracious Majesty

BIRDS OF AMERICA

from Drawings made During a Residence of Twenty-five Years in The United States and its Territories, by John James Audubon, Citizen of the United States.

Member of the Lyceum of New York; Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh; of the Linnean Society of London; Member of the Wernerian Natural History Society of Edinburgh; of the Zoölogical Society, London; Fellow of the Society of Scottish Antiquaries; Member of the Society for promoting the useful Arts of Scotland; of the Literary and Philosophical Societies of Cambridge, Liverpool, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne; of the Horticultural Society of Edinburgh; of the Natural History Society of Manchester; of the Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, &c., &c.

PROSPECTUS.

To those who have not seen any portion of the Author's splendid Collection of Original Drawings it may be proper to explain, that their superiority consists in every specimen being of the full size of life, portrayed with a degree of accuracy as to proportion and outline, the result of peculiar means discovered and employed by the Author, and lately exhibited to a meeting of the Wernerian Society. Besides, in every instance where a difference of plumage exists between the two sexes, both the Male and Female Birds have been represented. The Author has not contented himself with single profile views of the originals, but in very many instances he has grouped them, as it were, at their natural avocations, in all sorts of attitudes, either on branches of trees, or amidst plants and flowers: some are seen pursuing with avidity their prey through the air, or searching diligently their food amongst the fragrant foliage; whilst others of an aquatic nature swim, wade, or glide over their allotted element. The Insects, Reptiles, or Fishes, that form the food of the birds, have been introduced into the drawings; and the nests of the birds have been frequently represented. The Plants are all copied from Nature, and the Botanist, it is hoped, will look upon them with delight. The Eggs of most of the species will appear in the course of the publication.

The Particulars of the Plan of the Work will be found detailed below:—

1. The Engravings in every instance to be of the exact dimensions of the Drawings, which, without any exception, represent the Birds of their natural size.

2. The Plates will be Coloured, in the most careful manner, from the original Drawings.

3. The Size of the work will be Double Elephant, and printed on the finest Drawing Paper.

4. Five Plates will constitute a Number; one Plate from one of the largest Drawings, one from one of the second size, and three from the smaller Drawings.

5. There are 400 Drawings; and it is proposed that they shall comprise Three Volumes, each containing about 133 Plates, to which an Index will be given at the end of each, to be bound up with the Volume.

6. Five Numbers will come out annually.

7. The Price of each Number will be Two Guineas; payable on delivery.

TEN Numbers being now completed, will give an exact idea of the nature and style of the Work. All the other Numbers will at least equal these in interest and execution. It would be advisable for the Subscribers to procure a Portfolio, to keep the Numbers till a Volume is completed.

⁂Persons desirous of becoming Subscribers are requested to apply to Mr. Audubon, or Mr. Robert Havell, Jun. (Engraver), 79, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London.

Where Specimens of the Work may be seen: or, to any of the following Agents:—Messrs. Treuttel, Würz & Co., Soho Square, and Mr. S. Highly, Fleet Street, London; MM. Levrault and Pitois, Paris; Messrs. Robinsons, Liverpool; Mr. T. Sowler, Manchester; Mr. M. A. Barclay, York; Messrs. Hernaman and Robinson, Leeds; Mr. E. Charnley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; and J. B. Kidd, Esq., Edinburgh.

NOTE BY THE AUTHOR. Audubon's first Prospectus was issued on March 17, 1827, when two Numbers of his large work were ready, and the last which I have seen bears the date of 1831, when one hundred plates had been published. The present citation is from a copy in possession of the Boston Public Library; it is printed on two sides of white paper, octavo, and bears the autograph of "Wm. Everett, Esq., Aug. 7, 1867."

3. Prospectus of the Second (partial) Edition of "The Birds of America," issued by John Woodhouse Audubon, through Messrs. Trübner & Company, London, 1859. (See Bibliography, Nos. 9 and 10.)

AUDUBON'S Celebrated Work

BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA

To be published in Numbers, by Subscription only, at one half the original price.

The undersigned proposes to publish, by Subscription, this well-known Work of his late Father, J. J. Audubon, F.R.SS.L.&E., etc., from the original Copperplates transferred to stone.

This Edition, in softness, finish, and correctness of coloring, will be superior to the first, and every Plate will be colored from the original Drawings, still in possession of the family.

It will contain all the Plates and Text of the original Work, embracing more than one thousand figures of Birds, all of the size of nature, represented in action amid the scenes or on the plants most common to their habits,—together with seven volumes royal octavo, of Ornithological Biography.

The Work will be issued in forty-five numbers viz., forty-four of Plates and one of Text, each number of Plates containing ten—printed on seven sheets double-elephant paper, of the best quality for the purpose, 27 by 40 inches, and will be delivered to Subscribers Monthly, at £2, 8s. per number; the last Number, comprising seven volumes of Text, to be delivered bound with the fifteenth number.

It is intended that each Number shall contain as follows: Viz. two large Plates, each occupying the whole sheet; two of a medium size, each occupying also the entire sheet; and six of the smaller size, two Plates on a sheet; thus presenting ten of the original Plates on seven sheets, giving a variety in each number. The text is properly and scientifically classified, and when the Work shall be completed the Plates can be placed and be bound corresponding with the order of the Text, in either three or four Volumes. The regular issue of the Numbers will commence so soon as the number of Subscribers will justify the undertaking.

As the Work will be published for Subscribers alone, few or none being printed beyond the number subscribed for, it is not possible that its pecuniary value can ever be much reduced; on the other hand, the probabilities are that it will rather be increased. Nor will there ever be a time when it can be published at a less price than the present; for in estimating the cost the mere expense of manufacturing has been taken into consideration, without reference to the original cost of the Copper-plates, which was nearly One hundred thousand Dollars; and a very small profit has been charged on the expense thus estimated.

The first Number is considered superior in many respects to the same Plates in the first Edition, and it is confidently hoped that subsequent Numbers will exhibit still greater superiority as the Artists gain experience. A full list of Subscribers will be published with the Work. The Numbers will not be sold separately, except the first, which will be sent, properly packed, as a Specimen, to any part of the country, free of expense, on the receipt of £2, 8s.

Orders or communications to Trübner & Co., Booksellers, 60, Paternoster Row, London.

New York, March 31, 1859.

J. W. AUDUBON.

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Trübner & Co. also offer to the Trade and the Public the following Editions of Audubon's Birds and Quadrupeds of North America:

Birds of North America—Library Edition, 7 vols., royal 8vo., with 500 finely colored Plates, from Drawings made in the United States and their Territories. Price £25.

Quadrupeds of North America,—By J. J. Audubon and Rev. John Bachman. Original Edition, 3 vols. imperial folio, bound in half russia. One hundred and fifty superbly colored Plates. With descriptive letter-press, in 3 vols., royal 8vo. Price £63. The same work,—Library Edition, 3 vols. royal 8vo. with one hundred and fifty-five finely colored Plates. Price £9, 9s.

NOTE BY THE AUTHOR. For the citation of this rare document, from the only copy known to exist, I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. Ruthven Deane, who writes: "I found this Prospectus bound in the first volume of The Ibis (1859). This copy was previously in possession of the late Pierre Verreaux, of Paris, France, and is now in the John Crerar Library, Chicago, Illinois."

Ornithologists will be pleased to find that it immediately sets at rest numerous disputed questions concerning the plates and text of this sole, but ill-fated, attempt at the republication of the original folio of The Birds of America in America. (See Bibliography, Nos. 9 and 10, and Chapter XXXVI, p. 296.)

Mr. Ruthven Deane has written me that an examination of the account books kept by the Audubons during the publication of the large and small editions of The Birds of America showed partial payments on the Folio by 23 subscribers; the only name among those not listed in the Ornithological Biography was that of J. R. Peters, who was credited with a payment of $412.00. Mr. Deane adds: "I have a list of the subscribers to the 1840, 8vo., edition, of 1,095 names, New York, Baltimore and Boston taking 501; also a list of subscribers to the Quadrupeds of North America, 3 volume, 8vo., edition, of 2,004 names, New York, Boston and Charleston, South Carolina, taking 1,102."