John James Audubon, Ornithological Biography. Edinburgh, 1831-39. 5 vols.
This is the valuable first edition of the text companion to Audubon’s Birds of America (Audubon published his text separately to avoid British copyright law).

Proposed Conservation Treatment:
Surface clean the text blocks as necessary. Make new full linen bindings with leather labels stamped in gold. Five cloth covered clamshell boxes.

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