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Audubon Common/Eastern
Flying Squirrel
John James Audubon is best known for The Birds of America. His other
major
accomplishment was the
creation of The Quadrupeds of North America (1849-51-54). The 155
plates of North American mammals were published in an octavo size
measuring 7 x 10.5 inches. The prints are hand-pulled stone lithographs
that were then watercoloured by hand. There were 2,004 copies of the
first edition sold. One hundred of these volumes were used as gifts to
foreign governments from the U.S. government. |