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Audubon's Birds of America
Audubon's Birds of America: The National Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio | John James Audubon
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This marvelous edition of Audubon's Birds of America displays all 435 of Audubon's brilliant handcolored engravings in exquisite reproductions taken from the original plates of the Audubon Society's archival copy of the rare Double Elephant Folio. Although many attempts have been made to re-create the magnificent illustrations in Audubon's masterpiece, nothing equals the level of fidelity or scale achieved in this high-quality edition. Organized and annotated by Roger Tory Peterson, America's best-known ornithologist, and issued with the full endorsement and cooperation of the Audubon Society, this magnificent volume is as thorough in scientific classification as it is beautiful. Peterson's fascinating introduction places Audubon in the context of the history of American ornithological art and also reproduces a wide sampling of the work of Audubon's notable predecessors and disciples, including Peterson's own justly famous paintings. This new systematic arrangement of the prints, complete with informative commentaries about each bird, made it possible to correct many of the problems or errors in Audubon's original edition revealed by later scholarship. The colorful captions in the back provide fascinating commentaries on each featured bird. AUTHOR: Roger Tory Peterson has been regarded as America's most notable ornithologist following the publication of A Field Guide to the Birds in 1934. Like Audubon, Peterson received many honorary degrees and awards, including the Presidential Medal of Honor. Virginia Marie Peterson is a scientist and an expert on the environmental effects of oil spills. 917 colour illustrations
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Aimeesue
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This guy, giving me the side eye .. .

dabbe Too cute for words! 🐦 2y
LeahBergen He‘s so cute! 2y
DocBrown I regret that I can only ❤️ this once! 2y
Bklover ❤️❤️ 2y
Aimeesue @dabbe @LeahBergen @DocBrown @Bklover The tufted titmice (titmouses? Tits?) are very silly. 2y
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Cosmos_Moon_River
The Birds of America | John James Audubon
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1* the tagged classic my mom got for me at a used bookstore when I was on a work trip to Pittsburgh and she met me there to spend some time together. I love Audubon‘s watercolors 🥰
2* I can‘t think of anything specific, but probably all the books I was forced to read in college lit.
3* Good Omens... the side chats kind of distracted and bored me. Probably an unpopular opinion.

#wondrouswednesday
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Eggs Audubon is a great love of mine💕. Thanks for playing Emily 👏🏻👏🏻 4y
DHill I received this book for Christmas and I love it! 4y
Cosmos_Moon_River @Eggs & @DHill it is beautiful! 4y
Vansa I read Good omens again before the TV show, and really found it mediocre this time round Exactly same reasons-the side characters all seemed pointless. 4y
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Eggs
The Birds of America | John James Audubon
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#beauty #gratitude30
I am grateful for John James Audubon and his extraordinary bird and nature art

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pgh.femme
The Birds of America | John James Audubon
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I bought this as part of a haul from my library‘s used bookstore yesterday. It‘s a 1950 edition, all in color albeit a little yellowed. I got it for only $2!!!!

2BR02B Beautiful illustration! 6y
Lindy Wow! Have you seen the graphic novel biography 6y
pgh.femme @Lindy No! Shelved it. Thank you. 6y
DivineDiana Lovely! 6y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Oh wow!! Lucky snag!! 6y
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BookwormAHN
The Birds of America | John James Audubon
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Here are two illustrations (blue jay & Canada warbler) from Birds of America by John James Audubon. This is the 1947 edition passed down from my Grandpa to my father to me. Although if my brother asks it's still our father's book 🕊
#monograph #OldCoolBooks @Linsy

Mitch Wow - what an amazing family heirloom. I love those illustrations. 6y
Mdargusch Omg! I want that book!!! Gorgeous! 💙 6y
ReadZenRites Oh that‘s really beautiful!!🌸💕💕 6y
Linsy Oh my goodness, that‘s amazing! I‘m having a serious case of book envy right now! 😍😍😍 6y
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LeahBergen
The Birds of America | John James Audubon
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Oooo! This film sounds GOOD.

vivastory I love a good heist film! 7y
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peacegypsy
John J. Audubon: Birds of America | John James Audubon, Helgard Reichholf-Riehm
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Regarding Audubon? What a talent. Regarding his subject matter? What a beautiful world. The wren was my grandma‘s favorite bird. Each spring, upon hearing its song, she would call me and say, “Naomi, my wren is back.” A beloved memory as we approach spring. 🌷🌸😊

AmyG I love the illustrations. I have a friend who turned my into a bird lover. I used to feel them in NJ...but moved to CO. It‘s different here but in the summer...we get lots of hummingbirds. ❤️ 7y
peacegypsy It‘s a present to see those! How neat. 😊 7y
peacegypsy The above @AmyG oops! 7y
whatsthEStorey Beautiful memory of your grandmother! 💕 7y
peacegypsy @whatsthEStorey Thanks! 😊 (edited) 7y
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ABookishLife
The Birds of America | John James Audubon
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The Minneapolis Central Library's full-size giant edition of Audubon's *Birds of America*--plus a smaller edition for scale!

LauraBeth Beautiful ❤ 8y
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LeahBergen
The Birds of America | John James Audubon
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#ILikeBigBooks ... and this one's bigger than a breadbox (it's a 20 inch "baby elephant folio" size, to be precise). #Booktober

Libby1 Beautiful. 🕊 8y
OSChamberlain That book is hottt 😍😍😍 8y
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GlitteryOtters OMGGGG! What @OSChamberlain said!! 😂👍😍😍 8y
Hobbinol My-my-MY-my-my! Ain't that purdy picture! Law! Oh, and the book seems right nice too. 8y
RealLifeReading Gorgeous book! And also I like your breadbox! 8y
Hooked_on_books Your mug looks like a child's toy next to that! 8y
LeahBergen @Hobbinol 😂😂 8y
LeahBergen @RealLifeReading Thank you! 😀 8y
LeahBergen @Hooked_on_books It does! 😂 8y
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Dogearedcopy
John J. Audubon: Birds of America | John James Audubon, Helgard Reichholf-Riehm
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Our coffee table book is nearly as large as our coffee table! It's 'Audubon's Birds of America: The Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio' (by Roger Tory Peterson & Virginia Marie Peterson; featuring 917 illustrations incl 482 in color.) Pictured above: Double page spread of John J. Audubon's Black-Billed Cuckoo #FunFridayPhoto

SusanInTiburon Gorgeous 😍 8y
Baileeandme Beautiful! 8y
PurpleyPumpkin Wow, that's lovely. 💜 8y
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ABookishLife
The Birds of America | John James Audubon
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A rare book donation to the school library today includes a beautiful 1937 reprint of Audubon's Birds of America!

MrBook Niiice! I like #vintageeditions 8y
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