Auction archive: Lot number 10

AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851). - Great Horned Owl. From "The Birds of America" (Amsterdam Edition). [Pl. 61].

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Auction archive: Lot number 10

AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851). - Great Horned Owl. From "The Birds of America" (Amsterdam Edition). [Pl. 61].

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Great Horned Owl. From "The Birds of America" (Amsterdam Edition). [Pl. 61].
Amsterdam and New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1971-72. Color-printed lithograph, on fine hand-made paper. Sheet size: 26 3/4 x 40 in. In October 1971 the Amsterdam firm of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., in conjunction with the Johnson Reprint Corporation of New York, set out to produce the finest possible limited edition facsimile of the greatest bird book ever printed: the Havell edition of John James Audubon's well-loved "Birds of America". Cf. Zimmer, p. 22; cf. Bennett, p. 5; cf. Fries, Appendix A; cf. Wood, p. 208; cf. Nissen IVB 51; cf. Sabin 2364; cf. Ripley 13; cf. Tyler, Audubon's Great National Work, 1993, Appendix I.

Auction archive: Lot number 10
Beschreibung:

Great Horned Owl. From "The Birds of America" (Amsterdam Edition). [Pl. 61].
Amsterdam and New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1971-72. Color-printed lithograph, on fine hand-made paper. Sheet size: 26 3/4 x 40 in. In October 1971 the Amsterdam firm of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., in conjunction with the Johnson Reprint Corporation of New York, set out to produce the finest possible limited edition facsimile of the greatest bird book ever printed: the Havell edition of John James Audubon's well-loved "Birds of America". Cf. Zimmer, p. 22; cf. Bennett, p. 5; cf. Fries, Appendix A; cf. Wood, p. 208; cf. Nissen IVB 51; cf. Sabin 2364; cf. Ripley 13; cf. Tyler, Audubon's Great National Work, 1993, Appendix I.

Auction archive: Lot number 10
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