Description: C I R Q L A R Original antique prints, books, maps and atlases Name Of WorkAudubon Birds Of America Author/Artist John James Audubon: The Birds Of America. Date of Publication 4 volume set published London between 1827-36, this being the Abbeville Edition Double Elephant Folio (DEF) limited edition set published in 1985. Type of Print Original offset lithographs, complete as issued. Size of Image Double Edition Folio:~ 40" X 27". Condition In pristine condition. The volumes look like they've never been opened. Tissue guards separating plates from the adjacent text leaves. Description We are proud to be able to offer a fine complete 4 volume set of the Abbeville edition The Birds Of America by John James Audubon. This is a massive work which contains all 435 plates collectively weighing over 300#. In 1985, to commemorate the 200th birthday anniversary of John James Audubon, the National Audubon Society together with the Abbeville Press issued a complete facsimile edition of the double elephant folio (DEF) which was originally published between 1827-39. This Birds of America edition employed a very fine quality color offset lithography technique. This facsimile Abbeville edition set of John James Audubons Birds of America was produced from the original National Audubon Society's original double elephant folio set. Only a total of 350 sets were published and the number of complete intact sets presently is much smaller as the individual plate value is great. All 435 prints in the 4 volumes are present and each carries the Audubon Society Abbeville Press water mark. Printed and published in Japan on watermarked Mohawk Superfine, which is an acid-free paper made exclusively for this edition. The watermark runs down the outside edge of each print and bears the Audubon Society's name, a little bird image and Abbeville Press and is about one inch high and runs the length of the paper. There is a strong after market demand for the individual plates from this work and they routinely sell for anywhere between $75 to over $2000 per plate. This makes a complete intact set such as this a great value as they simply do not exist to any extent. Thank you for looking and please be sure and look at our other auctions for other fine works by Audubon from the first as well as the 1860 editions of the Birds Of America. We also have other architectural, natural history plates as well as original maps, all guaranteed original. We do not use the eBay check-out system for invoicing so it is not necessary to email us at auction end. You will receive an email from Paypal letting you know the particular payment options available to you. We will also send you an email summarizing your winning bids along with one combined postal charge. We will email you this summary within 24 hours after the auction's end. Cirqlar is a SquareTrade seller in good standing and we will do everything we can make this a positive experience for you. We don't hold checks for clearance (we have yet to receive a bad check after over 25,000 transactions!). Again, we will be happy to combine purchases to save on your shipping costs. News flash! We are now using USPS for our North American shipments. Shipments are easy to track, and, well, frankly we have only lost one singular package out of the tens of thousands of packages we have sent. Good job USPS! If you are one of our International friends, please contact us with your particulars (name of country, insurance requirements if any) so that we might get as accurate a quote as possible to get your purchase to you in a timely fashion. Please note that we now have (finally, mercifully) a legitimate "about me" section where you can find more information about who we are and what we do as well as more tips on collecting prints and the various types of printing techniques that have been used over the years. In addition, we have hundreds of rare prints and colorplate books, maps and atlases at set prices. We have recently been fortunate enough to acquire, for example, the original watercolors from Lewin's "Birds of Great Britain". We also have listed several prints from Shaw and Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany", flower prints from Curtis' "Flora Londinensis", P.J. Redoute's "Les Liliacees". Please also check out our ebay listings for some phenomenal Abbeville edition elephant folio restrikes of Audubon's "Birds Of America" which are what many refer to as the preeminent 20th century facsimile edition of this important work. We will be updating this frequently. 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Price: 22000 USD
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
End Time: 2024-12-29T18:00:30.000Z
Shipping Cost: 18 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist: John James Audubon, John Gould, Audubon
Type: Print
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Year of Production: 1985
Date of Creation: 1985
Material: Lithograph
Production Technique: Offset lithograph
Region of Origin: United States
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Original/Licensed Reprint: Licensed Reprint
Subject: Birds, Ornithology
Print Surface: Paper
