John James Audubon - FASCICLE - Gallery


So what is a fascicle? A fascicle is an original part that contains 5 original first edition octavo prints. When John James Audubon was first creating Birds of America, the Royal Octavo Edition (1840-1844), he would issue the prints as they were being made in groups of 5 prints at a time. The 5 prints that made up a single grouping would all have the same number on the upper left hand corner of the print. So the number in the upper left would uniquely identify the part or fascicle that each print belonged to, and the plate number in the upper right hand side of each print would uniquely identify the print itself. Subscribers would then take their fascicles to a bookbinder to have them bound into books that usually contained 70 prints each. The outer - often blue colored - wrappers holding the fascicles together would then be discarded. Original fascicles that were never bound into books are very rare today.

This page contains 2 fascicles for sale, #3 and #11.

All photos on this site are of the actual print. The condition of each print does vary. There are three (3) photos of each print on this site. Click on the images below once to enlarge the image, and click on the enlarged image to supersize the image. The super-sized image of the print shows every detail of the print and is larger than the actual print itself. Additional photos can be sent upon request. Visit our Contact Page to request more information and additional photos.

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Audubon Fascicle Wrapper Cover
Item F-3
Wrapper Cover



 Audubon Print Plate 11
Item F-3
ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD. Plate 11.
Rough-Legged Hawk


 Audubon Print Plate 12
Item F-3
GOLDEN EAGLE. Plate 12.
Audubon Print Plate 13
Item F-3
WASHINGTON SEA EAGLE. Plate 13.
Bald Eagle (Young)


 Audubon Print Plate 14
Item F-3
WHITE-HEADED SEA EAGLE, or BALD EAGLE. Plate 14.
Bald Eagle


 Audubon Print Plate 15
Item F-3
COMMON OSPREY or FISH HAWK. Plate 15
Osprey
Audubon Fascicle Wrapper - Back
Item F-3
Wrapper Cover


 Audubon Fascicle #3
Item F-3
Purchase Fascicle F-3

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Audubon Fascicle Wrapper Cover
Item F-11
Wrapper Cover



 Audubon Print Plate 51
Item F-11
ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW. Plate 51
Northern Rough-winged Swallow


 Audubon Print Plate 52
Item F-11
FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER. Plate 52
Audubon Print Plate 53
Item F-11
SWALLOW-TAILED FLYCATCHER. Plate 53
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher


 Audubon Print Plate 54
Item F-11
ARKANSAS FLYCATCHER. Plate 54
Western Kingbird


 Audubon Print Plate 55
Item F-11
PIPIRY FLYCATCHER. Plate 55
Gray Kingbird
Audubon Fascicle Wrapper - Back
Item F-11
Wrapper Cover


 Audubon Fascicle #11
Item F-11
Purchase Fascicle F-11

$1850.00



 
 
  
  
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