5 AUDUBON DOUBLE ELEPHANT FOLIO PRINTS

Five Audubon Double Elephant Folio Abbeville Press Edition 1985 Prints. Includes CCCCXV 2 Bark Feeders, CLV Black-throated Blue Warbler, XXIX Towes Bunting, XXIV Roscoes Yellow Throat, LXXXVIII Autumnal Warbler. All in good condition, ready for framing.. All 26 1/2" x 39 1/2". The 1985 Abbeville Press Edition of John James Audubon's Birds of America was produced from the National Audubon Society's original double elephant folio, that was issued between 1827 and 1839. Printed and published in Japan on watermarked Mohawk Superfine, which is an acid-free paper made exclusively for this special edition. The watermark runs down the outside edge of each print and bears the Audubon Society's name, a little bird image and Abbeville Press and is about one inch high and runs the length of the paper. The set was limited to 350 copies and was completed in 1985 to commemorate the two-hundredth birthday of John James Audubon. 26 1/2" x 39 1/2". PROVENANCE: The Estate of a Charleston, South Carolina Art Dealer / Gallery Owner. ***These can be rolled in groups and shipped in tubes***
Condition: good