An Index and Guide to Audubon's Birds of America by Susanne M. Low - 1988-05

Abbeville Press, Incorporated. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Abbeville Press, Incorporated, 1988. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Abbeville Pr, 1988. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York, NY: The American Museum of Natural History/Abbeville Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0896598179 . DJ has an old price remnant label on the front and yellowed edges. ; "A study of the Double-elephant folio of John James Audubon's Birds of America, as engraved by William H. Lizars and Robert Havell." .

New York: Abbeville. Nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1988. 1st. hardcover. Small 4to, 255 pp., A Study of the Double-Elephant Folio of John James Audubon's Birds of America, as Engraved by William H. Lizars and Robert Havell. .

NY: Abbeville Press, 1988. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 255pp. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.

New York: The American Museum of Natural History / Abbeville Press, 1988. A gorgeous, pristine copy in perfect condition. Brand New in a Brand New dust jacket. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. 1988. First Edition. 7.25" wide by 10.75" tall. Subtitle: A Study of the Double-Elephant Folio of John James Audubon's Birds of America, as Engraved by William H. Lizars and Robert Havell. Illustrated with photographs of all 435 of the original plates (3 per page). This is the first in-depth study of the hand-colored prints from Audubon's double-elephant folio. A detailed description of each of the 435 plates is given including image dimensions, all known variants, watermarks, errors of misnumbering and misidentification, etc. A photograph of each plate is provided for ease of reference. Discussions of composite plates, foreign and extinct birds, engraver's technique, values, profiles of Audubon's… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Abbeville Press, [1988]. First Edition. Bound in publisher's original full tan cloth with the title stamped in gilt on the spine. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Abbeville Press, Incorporated, 1988. Book. Near Fine - See Description. Original Cloth. First Edition. 10 3/4" x 7 1/4". 255 pages, black and white photographs of each of the 435 colour plates in Audubon's Birds of America. John James Audubon's double-elephant folio Birds of America (1827-38) is probably the most valuable American book. It contains 435 life-size, scientifically accurate, hand-coloured prints of every species of North American bird known at the time. This volume, for the first time, provides a comprehensive, cross-indexed concordance to that entire book in terms of bird names, also dealing with variants in several plates, misnumbered plates, birds that are extinct, and mystery birds, depicted, but never satisfactorily identified. In summary, it provides a detailed description of each of the 435 plates in the double-elephant folio as well as their original paintings, and includes image dimensions, geographical distribution of each bird pictured,… Read More