AUDUBON'S BIRDS OF AMERICA - THE AUDUBON SOCIETY BABY ELEPHANT FOLIO by Peterson, Roger Tory and Peterson, Virginia Marie - 1981

Artabras, 1981. VG, dj with sm. edge tears,. Cloth, 435 color plates, ISBN 0-517-479753, very heavy/ oversize

New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1990 (1981). Third Printing of the Revised Edition. Fine in white linen covered boards with black text and borders on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Both the book and its dust jacket are contained within a fine illustrated, paper covered slip case. A folio measuring 15 by 11 1/2 inches. Unpaginated. Illustrated with 435 beautiful, full color plates followed by concordance index between this edition and Audubon's original edition, and a general index of bird names. Each plate is "captioned with each bird's currently accepted vernacular name, followed by Audubon's identification...." (from the preface). The plates are organized according to modern scientific classification rather than in the way Audubon originally organized the plates; hence, the need for the concordance index. The book contains a comprehensive survey by Peterson of the American bird artists who preceded Audubon and the many who followed him which… Read More

Abbeville Press, New York, 1990. Revised Edition. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover (in Slipcase). 444 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Abbeville Press, New York, 1990. Revised Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in fine condition. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. The slipcase has a heavy bump on the front top right corner and the back has water staining along the bottom edge, otherwise it is in solid very good condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: This marvelous edition of Audubon's Birds of America displays all 435 of Audubon's brilliant handcolored engravings in exquisite reproductions taken from the original plates of the Audubon Society's archival copy of the rare Double Elephant Folio. Although many attempts have been made to re-create the magnificent illustrations in Audubon's masterpiece, nothing equals the level of fidelity or scale… Read More