The John James Audubon Portfolio, Selection of Birds of America, Edition De La Main Fleurie, 2004

The John James Audubon Portfolio, Selection of the Original Drawings and Watercolors Used in the Making of Birds of America. Edition De La Main Fleurie, 2004.

Very large at 12" x 15.5" and 4" thick. Paper measures roughly 11 1/2” x 14 1/2".

Large, green cloth, clamshell case with unbound, loose pages. Color plates and writings by Audubon, printed on deckled edge, fine art paper.

Watercolor/Drawings included:
Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
Avocet Recurvirostra avesetta
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
European Hoopoe Upupa epops
Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina
Barred Owl Strix varia
American Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
& Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
American Robin Turdus migratorius
Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
& Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica
Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
& Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus
Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
Great Egret Casmerodius albus
Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
White-breasted Nuthatch Sura carolineras
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis
Golden Eagle Aquila Chrysaetos
Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
Shearwater Puffinus therminieri
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis ...
American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
Limpkin Aramus guarauna


Light wear to case, pages unmarked.

A beautiful work with lovely plates.