num_pages: 523
description: Pp. xxii, 501, color frontis plate, 42 black-and-white illustrations. One-quarter green simulated leather, lettered in gilt, over color pictorial cloth illustrating a bird wing on the front and back covers, green pictorial endpapers, lg 8vo. This detailed volume documents the complete history of the publication of Audubon magnum opus "Birds of America". It also provides a complete list of the original subscribers and the location of all known copies of the massive work. The original printed prospectus for volume is laid in at the front. No ownership marks.
language: English
title: The Double Elephant Folio
titlecomplete: The Double Elephant Folio
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Zenaida Publishing Co.