Author: AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES / FORKNER
Title: The John James Audubon Portfolio : a Selection of the Original Drawings and Watercolors used in the making of Birds of America, accompanied by a choice of Audubon's writings / by John James Audubon ; edited, with introduction, by Ben Forkner
Description: Pascal Jeanjean. Edition De La Main Fleuri. 2004, First Edition. (ISBN: 2960049306) . copy no. 935 /2500. An exceptional copy; unbound leaves in two softcover coverings contained in a fine cloth clam shell case. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical desc. : xxxix, 202 p. : many col. plates ; in box 40 x 31 x 10 cm. Edition de la main fleurie. Drawings and watercolors selected by the publisher, Pascal Jeanjean. These include ""drawings recently discovered in the cellars of the Natural History Museum in La Rochelle"", and ""mature works from the great collection of the New York Historical Society"". -- acknowledgments p. Ix. Reproduction of Audubon's signature on the front cover of the box. Subject: Audubon, John James (1785-1851). As New.

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