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Audubon's Elephant: The Story of John James Audubon's Epic Struggle to Publish the
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: 9780753817889
ISBN-10: 0753817888
Publication Date: 7/1/2004
Pages: 216
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Publisher: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Book Type: Paperback
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