- ? 1966 edition, pages not numbered
- Published by American Heritage Publishing co, Inc
- Hardcover, with dust jacket, blue boards, clear protective cover over dust jacket, very large ++ book , approx 5.5 cms depth (pages), and larger than A4 size
- Good condition, some minor foxing to page edges; tape on rear inside flap of dust jacket; front flap top corner clipped, inside the book very good.
431 Exact Reproductions in full colour from the orignial collection. Index included. Introduction by Marshall B Davidson. Includes the artist's marginal sketches and notes. Combines the two orginial volumes of Audubon's work.
John James Audubon was Boswell to the birds of America. Throughout the rich and beautiful history of the nation's naturalists and wildlife artists, none is better known and loved than he.
This volumne makes avaliable exact facsimiles of Audubon's plates. These works are from the unparalleled collection of The New York Historical Society and were photograsphically reproduced under the supervision of the Society. 365 of the paintings are full page, and 64 pages are double-page spreads.
Compiled from 1827 to 1838, The Birds of America include natives and text with each plate.
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