Audubon's Birds of America: The Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio

6. The Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio: Audubons Birds Of America.

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Buchbeschreibung Harrison House, New York, 1981. Buchzustand: Gut. Ca. 500 Seiten mit 917 Abbildungen. Davon 482 farbigen auf Tafeln und im Text sowie 435 s/w Abbildungen zur Übersicht. Guter Zustand - leichte Gebrauchsspuren Reprint. "The Audibon Society Baby Elephant Folio differs in many ways from any earlier edition of The Birds of America. For the first time since their inital appearence in John James Audiobon s unparalleld Elephant Folio (1827-38), theses magnificent hand-colored engravings have been completely reorganized in modern phylogenetic order. . However, the supreme achivement of this edition is the extraordinary quality of its printing and its faithfulness to the original art (.). Another unusual feature of this edition, is its full-color illustrated survey, in the Introduction, of the work of other major painters of North America s birds, from Mark Catesby and Alaxander Wilson (.)." (Klappentext) Autorenportarit: "Roger Tory Peterson, America s most prominent and popular ornithologist, developed his own system for quickly and accuratly identifying birds in this field, relying more visual impressions than physical attributes. In his >, first publisehd in 1934, he used drawpointings to pinpoint a bird s key, features, and his system proved so successful that more than two million copies of his guides have been sold. Like Audubon, Peterson has received many honorary degrees and warads. Among them is the Presidental Medal of Freedom." (Klappentext) Virignia Marie Peterson is a scientist and an expert on enviromental effects of oil spills and has worked to develop new methods to detect and counteract such catastrophes. Mrs. Peterson also compiled and drew the maps and charts for the most recent edition of Dr. Peterson s >. (Klappentext). Sprache: Deutsch OLeinen mit illustriertem OSchutzumschlag, 38,7 x 30,5 cm. Artikel-Nr. 32286

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