CHAPTER XXXII

AUDUBON'S GREATEST TRIUMPH

Extension of his work—Financial panic and revolt of

patrons—New western collections—His "book of Nature"

completed—Work on the letterpress in Edinburgh—Vacation

in the Highlands—Commissions to Harris—Parting

address to the reader—Dissolution of the Havell

engraving establishment—The residuum of _The Birds of

America_—Robert Havell, engraver, and his family—Lizars'

first edition and the Havell reissues of plates—Brief

manual for collectors—Appreciations—Total edition of

_The Birds of America_—Past and present prices—The

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