Audubon's Feathers Detailed Notecard Set

Daniel Bergez

ISBN 10: 0789254514 / ISBN 13: 9780789254511

Published by Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S., US, 2020

About this Item

Audubon's Feathers features four details from John James Audubon's Birds of America, showing the incredible precision with which his engravers translated his drawings to the copper plates.Each set includes 16 notecards (four different designs, each card measures 133 x 110 mm) and 17 envelopes, in a presentation-quality box.

Seller Inventory # LU-9780789254511

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Audubon's Feathers Detailed Notecard Set
• Publisher: Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S., US
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0789254514
• ISBN 13: 9780789254511
• Binding: Cards
• Condition: New
• Weight: 286 grams

About this title

Synopsis

A boxed notecard set featuring beautiful close-ups from John James Audubon’s Birds of America.

The Detailed Notes are luxury notecards that feature a striking close-up of a great artwork on the front, and the entire artwork on the back. Each set is housed in a presentation-quality box. This set, Audubon’s Feathers, reproduces details of four exquisite hand-colored plates from John James Audubon’s Birds of America (1827–38): the American flamingo, the greater prairie chicken, the great gray owl, and the black-billed magpie. 4 different designs

About the Author

John James Audubon (1785-1851) was an artist and naturalist who became renown for his works cataloging North American birds. His drawings and watercolors were engraved and published in London by Robert Havell as The Birds of America, which featured 435 hand-colored plates.