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Villard Books/Random House for the New York Historical Society, [, 1993. Hardcover. Very good condition in slightly edge-worn dust jacket. ]. 382p. Illus. Color plates. Folio.
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The watercolors for The Birds of America. Catalog entries by Carole Anne Slatkin. Essays by Theodore E. Stebbins, Annette Blaugrund, Amy R.W. Meyers and Reba Fishman Snyder
by Audubon, John James (Annette Blaugrund and Theodore E. Stebbins, eds.)
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Key West Dove. From "The Birds of America" (Amsterdam Edition)
by AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851)
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Amsterdam and New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1971. Colour-printed lithograph, on fine hand-made paper. Excellent condition. Image size: 19 1/2 x 24 5/8 inches. Sheet size: 26 3/4 x 39 7/8 inches (approx). [Pl. 167]. In October 1971, employing the most faithful printing method available, the best materials and the ablest craftsmen of their age, the Amsterdam firm of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., in conjunction with the Johnson Reprint Corporation of New York, set out to produce the finest possible limited edition facsimile of the greatest bird book ever printed: the Havell edition of John James Audubon's well-loved "Birds of America". The Curators of the Teyler's Museum in Haarlem, Holland made their copy of the original work available for use as a model. The Museum, founded in 1778, bought their copy through Audubon's son as part of the original subscription in 1839. After long deliberation, the extremely complex but highly accurate process of colour…
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