Twelve Audubon Bookmarks (Dover Bookmarks) - Softcover

John James Audubon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486277690 ISBN 13: 9780486277691

Publisher: Dover Publications, 1993

Synopsis

The great American wildlife artist John James Audubon created images of North American birds that have seldom been surpassed in beauty and aesthetic quality. Here are twelve of the best-known of his illustrations, including the black-and-white warbler, brown creeper, Carolina wren, mangrove cuckoo, clay-colored sparrow, northern oriole, and six more. Each illustration is printed in full color on one side of a sturdy bookmark (identifications on back) — perfect companions for your reading pleasure.

About this title

About the Author

America's greatest ornithological artist John James Audubon (1785–1851) came from his native Haiti to America in 1803. After an unsuccessful attempt at farming, Audubon turned his attention to collecting specimens of birds and portraying them in his inimitable paintings. After many years, he obtained financing in England for publication of the massive folio edition of The Birds of America, which established him as a major artist. Back in the United States, Audubon followed up the first edition of The Birds of America with his Ornithological Biography, a readable multi-volume companion to the massive plates, discussing the birds and his experiences studying them; the smaller, octavo edition of The Birds of America; and a similar publication on American animals, The Viviporous Quadrupeds of North America.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486277690
• ISBN 13: 9780486277691
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 6