Audubon's Birds of America: The Royal Octavo Edition Hardcover – October, 1994, by John James Audubon (Author), Suzanne Low (Introduction). Contains all of the original plates reprinted from the First Royal Octavo Edition.
Hardcover: 1056 pages
Publisher: Thunder Bay Press (CA); Royal Octavo Edition edition (October 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1571450122
Dimensions: 10.4 x 8.4 x 2.5 inches
Weight: 7.6 pounds
Condition: New. OUT OF PRINT - Available elsewhere online at $ 65.00 and up.
From the Back Cover: “Audubon's Birds of North America is the most famous book of wildlife drawings ever published. It is not well known that Audubon brought it out in two distinct editions in his own lifetime. The oversized, double elephant folio has been reissued many times, but always at a very high price. Audubon also put out another version in a smaller size, the "octavo," that contains 65 more plates than are in the oversize edition.
The present volume includes all of Audubon's 500 original plates, meticulously reproduced to full size from the first octavo edition printed in 1841. Taken as a whole they represent an astonishing scientific and artistic feat. In his introduction to the first edition, Audubon says that it was his desire to bring The Birds of America out at "such a price, as would enable every student or lover of nature to place it in his library." This volume seeks to fulfill his stated intention and make his classic work available to the wide reading public.”
