Guide to Audubon Editions
Edition | Double Elephant Folio | Royal Octavo Edition | Bien Edition | Amsterdam Edition | Imperial Quadrupeds (elephant folio) | Quadrupeds of North America (octavo) | ||||||||||||||
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Book Title | The Birds of America | The Birds of America | The Birds of America | The Birds of America | The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America | The Quadrupeds of North America | ||||||||||||||
Artist | John James Audubon | John James Audubon | John James Audubon | John James Audubon | John James Audubon and John Woodhouse Audubon | John James Audubon and John Woodhouse Audubon | ||||||||||||||
Publisher | John James Audubon | John James Audubon and J.B. Chevalier (later Roe Lockwood) | Roe Lockwood | Johnson Reprint Corporation and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum | John James Audubon (later Roe Lockwood) | John Woodhouse Audubon and Victor Gifford Audubon (later Roe Lockwood) | ||||||||||||||
Location | London | New York and Philadelphia | New York | Amsterdam | Philadelphia, PA | Philadelphia, PA (later New York) | ||||||||||||||
Dates and Editions | 1826-1838 |
| 1858-1860 | 1971-1972 |
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Approximate Size | 26 1/2 x 39 inches | 6 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches | 27 x 39 inches | 26 1/2 x 39 inches | 22 x 28 inches | 7 x 10 1/2 inches | ||||||||||||||
Engraver/ Lithographer | W.H. Lizars (plates 1-10), R.Havell (all other plates) | J.T. Bowen, Endicott & Co. | Julius Bien | Not applicable | J.T. Bowen | J.T. Bowen (a few plates by Nagel & Weingaertner) | ||||||||||||||
Method | Aquatint and engraving, hand colour | Lithography, hand colour | Chromo- lithography | Photographic Reproduction | Lithography, hand colour | Lithography, hand colour | ||||||||||||||
Plates | 435 | 500 | 105 | 435 | 150 | 155 | ||||||||||||||
Parts | 87 Parts | 100 Parts | 15 Parts of 50 Intended | Not in parts | 30 Parts | 31 Parts | ||||||||||||||
Text | John James Audubon's "Ornithological Biography" offered separately | John James Audubon wrote text that was issued with the plates, and is a later adaptation of "Ornithological Biography". | (No text) | (No text) | Text by John James Audubon and John Bachman offered separately plus 5 extra octavo plates. | Text by John James Audubon and John Bachman issued with the plates (same text as in folio). |