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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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Birds of America - Vol. 5
John james Audubon
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R2,357
R2,232
Discovery Miles 22 320
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The Birds of America is one of the best known natural history books
ever produced and also the most valuable - a complete set sold at
auction in December 2010 for GBP7.3 million, which is a world
record for a book. First published in double elephant size
(approximately a metre tall) in the first half of the nineteenth
century, it is famous for its stunning life-size illustrations of
birds set within landscaped backgrounds. The book was issued
inparts over 11 years and only around 200 completed sets were ever
produced. Less than 120 of these survive today, locked away in
museums, galleries and private collections around the world. To
create this edition of Audubon's masterpiece, the Natural History
Museum's own original edition was disbound and each of the 435
beautiful hand-coloured prints was specially photographed. The
artworks are accompanied by the scientific descriptions that were
used in the original The Birds of America and there is also a new
introduction by David Allen Sibley.
John James Audubon was an American ornithologist, naturalist, and
painter. The Birds of America contains 435 life-size watercolours
of North American birds, some of which reproduced here in our
QuickNotes notecard set. 20 notecards and envelopes, 5 each of 4
images. Packaged in a sleek, sturdy flip-top box with magnetic
closure. Cards printed on coated paper stock to bring out their
full colour. Cards and envelopes bundled together with a paper
belly band inside each box. Box measurements 143 x 120 x 34mm.
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