Audubon’s Birds of America

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Audubon’s_Birds_of_America
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:book
gptkbp:auctionRecord one of the most expensive printed books
gptkbp:author gptkb:John_James_Audubon
gptkbp:awarded National Historic Publication (United States)
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:William_MacGillivray
gptkb:Joseph_Mason
George Lehman
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:countryOfPublication gptkb:Edinburgh
gptkb:London
gptkbp:depicts North American bird species
gptkbp:dimensions approximately 39 by 26 inches
gptkbp:edition Bien Edition (1858–1860)
First Edition (1827–1838)
Octavo Edition (1840–1844)
gptkbp:format folio
gptkbp:genre gptkb:art
natural history
gptkbp:hasPart Double Elephant Folio
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Audubon’s Birds of America
gptkbp:illustrator gptkb:John_James_Audubon
gptkbp:influenced ornithological illustration
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Alexander_Wilson
gptkb:Mark_Catesby
gptkbp:ISBN N/A (pre-ISBN era)
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:engraver
hand-colored aquatint
gptkbp:notableCollection rare book collections
gptkbp:notableFor hand-colored prints
depiction of North American birds
life-size illustrations
gptkbp:numberOfVolumes 4
gptkbp:pieceCount 435
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:The_New-York_Historical_Society
gptkb:The_British_Library
gptkb:The_Library_of_Congress
gptkb:The_Field_Museum
The Natural History Museum, London
gptkbp:printTechnology gptkb:Robert_Havell_Jr.
gptkbp:publicationDate 1827
1838
gptkbp:publisher self-published
gptkbp:relatedWork gptkb:The_Viviparous_Quadrupeds_of_North_America
gptkbp:subject birds
ornithology
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:New_York_Historical_Society
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6