Audubon Birds of America Print Editions |
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| 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 |
| 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' |