Re: Birds of America census

[Jim Corsaro <jcorsaro@UNIX2.NYSED.GOV>]

It isn't too recent (1973), but a standard work on Audubon's Birds is:

        Waldemar H. Fries, The Double Elephant Folio: The Story of
Audubon's Birds of America, ALA, 1973.

This book includes a detailed census of such things as subscribers, sets,
extant complete sets, the provenances of various sets etc., etc. and much
more info. about the big book.

        Good luck finding a copy of Fries.

                                        Jim Corsaro

Jim Corsaro
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New York State Library
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On Tue, 26 Apr 1994, Michael North wrote:

> Hello bibliophiles,
>
> I am contemplating doing an American census of a nineteenth century great
> illustrated plate book and have heard of a census that was done of
> Audubon's Birds of America recently.  Does anyone out there know the
> title and/or author of this census?  I've already done a few searches
> but they haven't brought me anything.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help!
>
> Michael North
> Special Collections
> Georgetown University Library
> mnorth@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu
>