Arvicola Hispidus (Cotton Rat) [Plate 30]
Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1843. Folio quadruped print. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Page measures 22" x 28". From First Imperial Folio edition of J.J. Audubon's "Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America". Minor overall wear and some tears and chips to edges. Little foxing. John James Audubon (1785-1851) was an American naturalist, painter and ornithologist who did extensive field work studying birds before painting them. By the late 1830's, he was planning a new book on the viviparous quadrupeds of North America..... More