Creator
John James Audubon
Title
Journal of John James Audubon, Made While Obtaining Subscriptions to His ‘Birds of America,’ 1840-1843, ed. Howard Corning
Coverage
Boston
Publisher
Club of Odd Volumes
Date
1929
Subject
4 vols.
Description
Printed edition of the manuscript diary kept by Audubon in the years immediately following the completion of Birds of America. The diary discusses, among other things, the planning and production of the highly successful first octavo edition of Birds, published from 1840 to 1844.