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After Birds of America
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The beautiful facsimile prints in this series are after John James Audubon's Birds of America, long considered one of the most magnificent colorplate folios ever produced. The color aquatints stand as one of the finest achievements in American art, and the recreations offered here have been meticulously mastered.
Birds of Paradise
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This stunning series of 12 gicleé facsimiles of the
birds of paradise is from John Gould and Richard Bowdler Sharpe’s
A Monograph of the Paradiseidae, London, 1891-1898.
These large-scale representations of exotic fauna are breathtaking
in scale and color. As Sacheverell Sitwell said in his marvelous
review of Sharpe in Fine Bird Books, “indeed,
the last of the great bird books.”
Pheasants
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After drawings by the incomparable Joseph Wolf, Daniel Giraud
Elliot’s A Monograph of the Phasianidæ,
or Family of the Pheasants, New York (1870-) 1872,
is a masterpiece “equal in every way to any work by
Gould” (Sitwell, Fine Bird Books). These spectacular
birds are captured to perfection by one of the world’s
greatest natural history artists.
Toucans
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This most extraordinary collection of American birds is after
John Gould’s A Monograph of The Ramphastidæ,
or Family of Toucans, London, 1854. The blacks, reds,
yellows and blues of these birds enhance these striking depictions
of exotic fauna and are “in terms of aesthetics…fantastic”
(Sitwell, Fine Bird Books).
After Description de L'Egypte
Histoire Naturelle (Birds)
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Originally created by command of Napoleon Bonaparte, the Histoire Naturelle volume of Description de L'Egypte was filled with striking engravings made from original works of art created by some of the most famous French illustrators of the early 19th century, including Jacques Barraband and Geoffroy St. Hilaire. Presented here are ten reproduction prints from this famous and incredibly detailed work documenting the wildlife of Egypt.
Read the story of Napoleon's Description de L'Egypte and see our antiquarian prints by clicking here
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