Handbook of Audubon Prints

By Lois Elmer Bannon and Taylor Bannon, Lois Elmer & Clark

Book Overview

Researched and written by two recognized experts on Audubon's work, Handbook of Audubon Prints is a complete, concise guide to the bird and animal prints created by the American naturalist and artist more than a century ago.

The book is intended to fill a special need for serious collectors of Audubon prints as well as those who simply want to become more knowledgeable about the man and his works.

A current price list of Audubon prints, including the Havell and Bien editions and the Imperial Folio Edition, is included in the illustrated work. The authors also provide answers to many questions concerning Audubon's work, such as sizes of individual prints, numbers, watermarks, dates printed, printing methods, and background artists.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565544285
• ISBN13: 9781565544284
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

A Must for the Serious Audubon Collector

This handbook fills a void in the vast library of Audubon publications. It focuses on the various publications of Audubon and his family, such as the double elephant folio, the imperials, the miniatures, and the Bien edition. Accurate dates of publication are given along with very helpful clues to distinguishing between various editions. Our 1998 copy contained welcome revisions to the pricing of the double elephant, Bien, and imperial prints. I have found that in the few years since publication, the prices of the larger images have about doubled, and smaller images are about 15 to 20 percent higher in price than what is stated. In fact, whereas a complete folio sold for about $4,000,000.00 as correctly stated in Addendum C, page 128, (back in 1992), a complete folio recently sold at Christies for about $9,000,000.00. One should use this handbook as a handbook. We make regular notes in the margins in the price pages. For example, plate 376 (Trumpeter Swan) was valued at $30,000 in 1997, when I assume the information in the book was assembled. A plate 376 sold in 1999 for $93,250. We have entered this corrected information in our copy. We highly recommend this handbook for any who wish to collect the work of a master artist/naturalist. The information will assist you in making intelligent purchases from sites such as eBay.

A succinct little book

This book is extremely helpful in understanding the production of all of Audubon's works.`