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After John James AudubonThe Great Auk1971-1973
1971-1973
About the Item
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON.
Birds of America
Amsterdam Edition.
Johnson Reprint Company, New York.
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Netherlands
G. Schut & Zonen watermark.
1971-73
Edition of 250.
39.5” x 26.25” Unframed.
Today, engravings from the first edition of the Birds of America are very rare and very costly indeed. In recognition of their unique importance and their exquisite beauty, a deluxe facsimile edition was published in Amsterdam and New York, 1971-1973, in the original double elephant format. Called the ‘Amsterdam Edition’, it was printed using the highest quality materials and with the greatest precision in a cooperative effort by the Amsterdam firm of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd and the Johnson Reprint Corporation of New York.
The entire project of producing this superb facsimile was supervised by an international panel of noted ornithologists and Audubon experts including members of the Smithsonian, The Audubon Society, and the Department of the Interior. Such high standards of craftsmanship were maintained that every detail of Audubon’s original 435 plates was reproduced in full color on hand-made 100% cotton rag mat from the paper mill of G. Shut and Zonen which was founded in 1625. Using up to eight different colors, no detail was spared. The large size of these plates, which measure 3ft 3 ½” high by 2ft 2 1/4 “wide, maintains Audubon’s depiction of the birds in their natural life size.
These richly illustrated birds are the height of offset lithography. This magnificent publishing achievement is comparable in significance and beauty only to the original Havell edition.
In 1971 the selling price for what was to become known as the Amsterdam Edition was $4500. A recent sale realized over ten times that amount.
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- Creation Year:1971-1973
- Dimensions:Height: 34.5 in (87.63 cm)Width: 44.5 in (113.03 cm)
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- Condition:Clean, crisp image. Beautiful original colors. Framed to museum specifications using archival matting, backing, and hinging. Marbled paper. Wood frame. Glazed with ultra-violet filtering Plexiglas.
- Gallery Location:Florham Park, NJ
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After John James Audubon
John James Audubon was an American ornithologist, naturalist and painter. His combined interests in art and ornithology turned into a plan to make a complete pictorial record of all the bird species of North America. Audubon was notable for his extensive studies documenting all types of American birds and for his detailed illustrations that depicted the birds in their natural habitats. His major work, a color-plate book entitled The Birds of America (1827–1839), is considered one of the finest ornithological works ever completed. Audubon is also known for having identified 25 new species. He is the namesake of the National Audubon Society and his name adorns a large number of towns, neighborhoods, and streets in every part of the United States. Dozens of scientific names first published by Audubon are currently in use by the scientific community. Audubon made some excursions out West, where he hoped to record Western species he had missed, but his health began to fail. In 1848, he manifested signs of senility or possibly dementia from what is now called Alzheimer's disease, his noble mind in ruins. Audubon died at his family home in northern Manhattan on January 27, 1851. He is buried in the graveyard at the Church of the Intercession in the Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum at 155th Street and Broadway in Manhattan, near his home. An imposing monument in his honor was erected at the cemetery, which is now recognized as part of the Heritage Rose District of NYC.
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