After John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851), The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories, New York & Philadelphia: E.G Dorsey for J.J Audubon and J.B Chevalier, 1840-1844, 7 volumes, octavo, first edition, with 500 hand-colored lithograph plates after the original watercolors and aquatint engravings by John James Audubon, printed by J.T Bowen, Philadelphia and George Endicott, New York (plates 136-150), in original.75leather bindings E40000-50000 Provenance: Descended in the Bouligny-Baldwin family, New Orleans U Bouligny is listed in VOL II as one of the original subscribers from New Orleans Note: The marriage of Albert Baldwin (b 1834, d 1912, Baldwin Lodge, North Shore, Lake Pontchartrain) and Arthemise Bouligny (b 1846) combined two of the most prominent families that shaped the history and development of Louisiana in colonial and modern times Albert Baldwin was founder and president of A Baldwin & Co Hardware; President, New Orleans National Bank; vice-president, Times-Democrat Publishing Co.; director: Union Ferry Company, American Brewing Company, National Rice Milling Company Gullet Gin Company, New Orleans Waterworks Company, New Orleans Street R.R Company among others Member: Boston Club, an organizer of Rex and the fourth Rex; a founder and commodore of the Southern Yacht Club Arthemise Bouligny was the great-granddaughter of Francisco Bouligny (b Alicante, Spain, 1736, d New Orleans, 1800, interred St Louis Cathedral) He was appointed lieutenant-governor of the Louisiana colony in charge of new settlements, commerce and Indian relations He was promoted to full colonel in command of the Louisiana Infantry Regiment and eventually became acting governor for military affairs. One of Francisco's sons, Louis, was a partner in the 1833 development of the Faubourg Bouligny, now the area between General Taylor and Upperline Streets in New Orleans. Another son, planter-soldier Ursin Bouligny, operated a plantation in Plaquemines Parish with his brother Louis from 1811-1829 It is Ursin Bouligny who is named as one of the original New Orleans subscribers for Audubon's Birds of America Literature: A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography, 1988, Louisiana Historical Association.