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Audubon's Elephant : The Story of John James Audubon's Epic Struggle to Publish the 'Birds of America
Audubon's Elephant The Story of John James Audubon's Epic Struggle to Publish the 'Birds of America
Author: Duff Hart-Davis
Illegitimate, half-French, half-American, poorly educated, chronically short of money and obsessed with birds, Audubon came to England in 1826 to find a publisher for his extraordinary paintings. He insisted that they must be reproduced on double-elephant folio paper - sheets almost 40 inches by 30 - so that even the largest species could be rep...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780297829676
ISBN-10: 029782967X
Publication Date: 1/2003
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Publisher: Orion Pub Co
Book Type: Hardcover
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