Description
| Product ID: | 9780789208149 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Tiny Folio |
| Title: | Audubon's Birds of America |
| Subtitle: | The National Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio |
| Authors: | Author: Roger Tory Peterson, Virginia Marie Peterson |
| Page Count: | 480 |
| Subjects: | Drawing and drawings, Drawing & drawings, Birds, including cage birds, as pets, Birds, including cage birds, as pets |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This sparkling Tiny Folio edition of Audubon's Birds of America displays all 435 of Audubon's hand-coloured engravings, graced with an illuminating introduction by Roger Tory Peterson that places Audubon in his ornithological and art historical context. This sparkling Tiny Folio edition of Audubon''s Birds of America displays all 435 of Audubon''s hand-coloured engravings, graced with an illuminating introduction by Roger Tory Peterson that places Audubon in his ornithological and art historical context. Issued with the full endorsement and cooperation of the Audubon Society, the stunning Baby Elephant Folio - here reproduced in a miniature-like version - was the first work ever to arrange Audubon''s plates in scientific order. |
| Imprint Name: | Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. |
| Publisher Name: | Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2005-04-21 |
