AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851). The Birds of America. New York & Amsterdam: Johnson Reprint Corporation & Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (i.e. Nico Israel), 1971-1972.
AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851). The Birds of America. New York & Amsterdam: Johnson Reprint Corporation & Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (i.e. Nico Israel), 1971-1972.
AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851). The Birds of America. New York & Amsterdam: Johnson Reprint Corporation & Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (i.e. Nico Israel), 1971-1972.
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AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851). The Birds of America. New York & Amsterdam: Johnson Reprint Corporation & Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (i.e. Nico Israel), 1971-1972.

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AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851). The Birds of America. New York & Amsterdam: Johnson Reprint Corporation & Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (i.e. Nico Israel), 1971-1972.

A fine copy of the full-scale facsimile of Audubon's masterpiece, no. 1 of 250 copies; the publisher's own set. This edition, the most important of Nico Israel's facsimile productions, reproduces the subscriber’s copy in the collection of the Teyler Foundation in Haarlem, the Netherlands. The original of Audubon’s Birds of America is the finest colour-plate book ever produced and an icon of American art.

Four volumes, double elephant folio (1005 x 670mm). 435 chromolithographic plates. Publisher’s half calf over green cloth.
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