Publication: The Birds of America; from original drawings made during a residence of twenty-five years in the United States and their territories (1823-1839)
Author: John James Audubon
Engravers: William Home Lizars, Robert Havell
Publication date: As a series in sections between 1827 and 1838
Size of the prints: 26 ½ x 39 ½ inch (67 x 100 cm)
Source of the original: This giclée print is made from a well-preserved original edition of one of the rarest and most expensive books of the world, The Birds of America, owned by the Teylers Museum, the oldest museum of the Netherlands.
About the original: On 26th August 1833 Victor Gifford Audubon sold a complete set of the Birds of America to the Teylers Museum.
Casing: The complete set will be cased in five elegant handcrafted Solander Boxes covered in special linen embossed with golden lettering. You may choose your own color of the boxes and your own lettering.
Durability: To ensure the durability, the giclée’s are printed on acid-free white etching paper (270 g/m2) with archival ink.
Quality: These prints were photographed using the latest technology, with a color-checker color matched to the original illustration and then reproduced at the original plate size. Printed in the highest possible resolution, the colors of these prints are indistinguishable from the originals when glazed and framed.
Limited Edition: The edition will be limited to 50 sets, numbered 1/50H to 50/50H, signed and stamped with a blind embossing.
Certificate of Authenticity: Included
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