“Cougar and young” from John James Audubon, “The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.” 1845-1848.
Books, Graphics
$300
“Felis Concolor, Linn. Cougar (female, and young).” (v. 2, no. 20, plate 97) from John James Audubon, The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, New York: 1845-1848. 3 vol.s, 150 hand-colored plates.
The Clements Library and Special Collections Library jointly purchased these volumes in 2014. The Quadrupeds are a fitting companion to Audubon’s Birds of America, the first book purchased by the University of Michigan in 1839. These hand-colored lithographs are beautifully detailed and represent some of the finest American printing of the nineteenth century.
