Audubon Birds of America Print Editions

Edition
Plates
Parts
Format
Paper Printing Method Watermark Other Marks Engraver Publishers Location
Publ. Dates
Copies
Marginalia
Havell
435
87
26.5 x 39.5 (DEF)
- Aquatint & engraving with hand coloring “J. Whatman” or “J. Whatman Turkey Mill” with various dates - W.H. Lizars (#1-10), R. Havell (#11-435) J.J. Audubon Edinburgh (Lizars) London (Havell)
1826-1838
200
Print #, Part #, Audubon attribution, Havell attribution, Title
Bien
105 (150 images)
15
27 x 39 (DEF) NOTE: Some images 2/page.
Woven, wood pulp containing (acidic) Stone/ink chromolithographs none Text: "Chromolith by J. Bien, New York" Julius Bien Roe Lockwood New York
1858-1860
75-100(?)
Print #, Part #, Audubon attribution, Bien attribution, Title
Royal Octavo
500
100
6.5 x 10.75 (1/8 DEF)
American made 100% cotton rag Camera Lucida reduction & Lithography with Hand coloring none - J.T. Bowen, Endicott & Co. J.J. Audubon Philadelphia (Bowen) & New York (Endicott)
1st: 1840-44 2nd: 1856 3rd: 1859 4th 1860 5th: 1861 6th: 1865 7th: 1870-1
open

Print #, Part #, Audubon attribution, Bowen
attribution, Title

Leipzig
40
-
27 x 39 1/2, 25 1/4" x 38 1/2" (4th Ed.).
- Collotype - - n/a Ariel Press London/Leipzig, Germany
1972-3
1000
same as Havell Ed.
Alecto
6
-
43.5 x 29.5
Somerset, mold-made, 300 gsm, acid-free, G.P. Inveresk Corp, Somerset, Engl. Printed in color by hand from original copper plates. Hand finished in watercolor by Egerton-Williams Studio, London - Stamped in ink on the verso with the Master Printer (E. Egerton-Williams) and of the Publishers, copyright symbol and Date of Publication. Plate number and Edition number are recorded in pencil. Edward Egerton-Wililams American Museum of Natural History/ Alecto Historical Editions London
1985
125
same as Havell Ed.
Amsterdam
435
36
26.5x39.5 (DEF)
Hand Made 100% Cotton Rag, G. Schut & Zonen. 8-color offset G. Schut & Zonen, Audubon, Johnson Reprint (insignia), Theatrum Orbis (insignia) - n/a Johnson Reprint Corporation and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Amsterdam, Netherlands
1971-2
250
same as Havell Ed.
Princeton
36
-
26 1/4" x 39 1/4". 
Heavy (80# cover stock) archival paper, acid-free, non-gloss. Toned to match the average color of the actual originals. Direct Camera lithography. Up to nine different printing plates used on four-color press. - Hand numbered & embossed. n/a Princeton Audubon Limited Schooley's Mountain, New Jersey 
1985
500 (Wh. Pelican & Turkey) 1500 (all others)
same as Havell Ed.
Oppenhiemer Field Museum
50
5
26 x 39 (DEF)
Somerset velvet, an acid-free, and 100% cotton fiber watercolor paper imported from England Giclée digital printing none Embossed by hand with the Oppenheimer Edition’s stamp and the Official Field Museum stamp. The verso of every print is stamped, signed and numbered by the Field Museum Librarian. n/a Oppenheimer Editions, LLC. Chicago
2000+
150
same as Havell Ed.
Abbeville
435
-
26.5 x 39.5 (DEF)
Acid-free Mohawk Superfine paper, made from 100% Alpha pulp. Coated. 13-color offset lithography (Japan) Audubon Society-Abbeville Press + insignia - n/a National Audubon Society & Abbeville Press -
1985
350
same as Havell Ed.
M. Bernard Loates
33
-
26 1/2 by 39 1/2 (DEF)
Loates Stallion Vellum - n/a Two embossed seals for the Loates Company and one for Tryon Mint. Signed and numbered in pencil. - Tryon Mint Incorporated of Canada Canada
1987
1000
No plate or part numbers. No attribution to Havell or Audubon (except embossed initials JJA. Copyright notice '1987 M. Bernard Loates'