Audubon's Birds of America: The National Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio | 
This guy, giving me the side eye .. .
1* the tagged classic my mom got for me at a used bookstore when I was on a work trip to Pittsburgh and she met me there to spend some time together. I love Audubon‘s watercolors 🥰
2* I can‘t think of anything specific, but probably all the books I was forced to read in college lit.
3* Good Omens... the side chats kind of distracted and bored me. Probably an unpopular opinion.
#wondrouswednesday
@Eggs
In 2010 a copy of Audubon's "The Birds of America" sold at auction for $10M, earning it the distinction of being the world's most expensive book. The only other book worth more is the Gutenberg Bible, & it has been over thirty years since a copy was available for auction. Last summer an Audubon was sold, all of the proceeds going towards environmental conservation.
#FeedTheBirds
#MusicalNewYear
@Cinfhen
#beauty #gratitude30
I am grateful for John James Audubon and his extraordinary bird and nature art
I bought this as part of a haul from my library‘s used bookstore yesterday. It‘s a 1950 edition, all in color albeit a little yellowed. I got it for only $2!!!!
Here are two illustrations (blue jay & Canada warbler) from Birds of America by John James Audubon. This is the 1947 edition passed down from my Grandpa to my father to me. Although if my brother asks it's still our father's book 🕊
#monograph #OldCoolBooks @Linsy
pickRegarding Audubon? What a talent. Regarding his subject matter? What a beautiful world. The wren was my grandma‘s favorite bird. Each spring, upon hearing its song, she would call me and say, “Naomi, my wren is back.” A beloved memory as we approach spring. 🌷🌸😊
The Minneapolis Central Library's full-size giant edition of Audubon's *Birds of America*--plus a smaller edition for scale!
#ILikeBigBooks ... and this one's bigger than a breadbox (it's a 20 inch "baby elephant folio" size, to be precise). #Booktober
Our coffee table book is nearly as large as our coffee table! It's 'Audubon's Birds of America: The Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio' (by Roger Tory Peterson & Virginia Marie Peterson; featuring 917 illustrations incl 482 in color.) Pictured above: Double page spread of John J. Audubon's Black-Billed Cuckoo #FunFridayPhoto
A rare book donation to the school library today includes a beautiful 1937 reprint of Audubon's Birds of America!
