The Double Elephant Folio

The Double Elephant Folio

Author: Waldemar H. Fries

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 523

ISBN-13: 9780977082902

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Reissue of the 1973 edition with an update on the status and location of all known sets by Susanne M. Low. 523 pages with 41 pages of illustrations. Cloth bound with a four-color dustjacket. The Double Elephant Folio includes the history and the creation of the Birds of America including subscribers, sets, costs, as well as census and survey of extant sets. Appendices.


The Birds of America

The Birds of America

Author: John James Audubon

Publisher: White Lion Publishing

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780565093396

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'Birds of America' is one of the best known natural history books ever produced and also one of the most valuable - a complete set sold at auction in December 2010 for 7.3 million, which is a world record.


The Birds of America

The Birds of America

Author: John James Audubon

Publisher:

Published: 1842

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13:

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This edition has 65 new images, making a total of 500. The original configurations were altered so that there is only one species per plate. The text is a revision of the Ornithological Biography, rearranged according to Audubon's Synopsis of the Birds of North America (1839).


Audubon's Elephant

Audubon's Elephant

Author: Duff Hart-Davis

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2004-04-12

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9780805075687

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A vividly illustrated account of John James Audubon's struggle in England to complete his masterpiece, "The Birds of America. Audubon's Elephant" was the nickname given to the naturalist's oversized folio of 435 life-size ornithological prints that remains to this day the most compelling depiction of bird life in the United States.


The Audubon Folio

The Audubon Folio

Author: John James Audubon

Publisher:

Published: 1964

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13:

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30 bird paintings in color, with separate descriptive text.


Audubon's Birds of America

Audubon's Birds of America

Author: John James Audubon

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780789211354

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Completely reorganized and annotated by Roger Tory Peterson, America's best known ornithologist, this spectacular new edition displays all 435 of Audubon's brilliant hand-colored engravings in exquisite reproductions taken from the original plates of the Audubon Society's archival copy of the rare Double Elephant Folio. 482 full-color illustrations. 435 duotones.