the study Audubon prints: sheet size This is a subsection of a larger discussion on Audubon prints. The information presented here is not sufficient for authenticating a print. To begin from the beginning, please read the overview. The complete Havell Edition of Birds of America was reprinted in 1972 (the Amsterdam Edition) and again in 1985 (the Abbeville Edition) using offset lithography. Both of these editions were printed using offset lithography (see the section on color for how to distinguish printed color from hand coloring) and have distinctive watermarks. Although these two were the only complete reissues of the set, many publishers have put out full-sized replicas of selected bird prints. Although some references state that there have never been full-sized reproductions of the Imperial Folio prints, this is not true. Southart-Parkway Imperial Edition, first introduced in the 1980's, is comprised of 12 full-size quadruped prints including
We have some of these prints available at great prices in the Southart/Parkway area of the print room. A full selection of these limited edition prints are available from Princeton Audubon Limited (which also sells a line of very high quality, double-elephant-folio-sized bird facsimile prints). We knew of no other full-sized reproductions, but on a trip to Boston in 2001, we saw a large reproduction of Plate CXVI American Black or Silver Fox, which a staff member at the gallery said had been put out by the Boston Athenaeum at some point in the past. It was obviously not hand-colored, but it gave us pause for a moment, to see a folio-sized image of the Black Fox priced at $200.
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