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THBJohn Audubon (1785-1851) American, Mammals Folio Edition and Carrying Bag
About Seller
522 South Pineapple Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236
United States
Sarasota Estate Auction specializes in a wide variety of furniture, antiques, fine art, lighting, sculptures, and collectibles. Andrew Ford, owner and operator of the company, has a passion for finding the best pieces of art and antiques and sharing those finds with the Gulf Coast of Florida.
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LiveApr 19, 2026
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- Lot Description
John Audubon (1785-1851) American, Mammals Folio Edition and Carrying Bag. 2005 Reprint from Wellfleet Press, first published in 1989 and based off the work originally published in the 1840s and 50s as "Audubon's Quadrupeds of North America." Contains every single original plate in stunning detail. Bag is black, and has a small image of the book jacket cover attached to it.
Book: 13 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 1 in.
Bag: 17 x 15 1/2 x 3 in.
John James Audubon (1785-1851) was a French-born American naturalist and painter, celebrated for his detailed studies and illustrations of birds. Born on a Saint Domingue sugarcane plantation, he developed an early passion for ornithology despite his father’s wish for him to pursue a seafaring life. Audubon combined field observation, taxidermy, and artistic skill to document North American birds, traveling extensively through the southern United States and joining Native American hunting parties to study species firsthand. His landmark work, The Birds of America (1827-1839), produced life-sized, color plates that remain among the most acclaimed ornithological publications ever created. While credited with discovering over 25 species and inspiring future naturalists, his legacy is complicated by involvement in slavery, racial prejudice in his writings, and controversies over scientific accuracy and attribution. Despite these issues, Audubon’s influence on ornithology, natural history, and conservation endures, exemplified today by the Audubon Society and ongoing studies of birds in North America.
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17 x 15 1/2 x 3 in.
