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"This work offers buyers, sellers, and collectors an easy-to-use, one-volume source of information for these bird and quadruped prints of John James Audubon. It contains obscure references, where the author, Bill Steiner, has surveyed the contemporary market-place. Addressing one of the more complex aspects of print collection, the text clarifies the task of distinguishing the octavio prints of the successive editions of Audubon's """"Birds of America"""" (1840-1871) and """"Quadrupeds of North America (1849-1870). It describes the publication histories of each edition since the first, offers information about printers, engravers, and subscribers, and provides practical information on price histories, accessibility, and preservation."

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A first-rate guide A superb resource for collectors and an indispensable addition to academic American Art History reference collections. -- Wisconsin Bookwatch Field ecologist Steiner has compiled one of the most significant private collections of Audubon prints in the US. Highly recommended. -- Choice

Field ecologist Steiner has compiled one of the most significant private collections of Audubon prints in the US. Highly recommended. -- Choice A first-rate guide A superb resource for collectors and an indispensable addition to academic American Art History reference collections. -- Wisconsin Bookwatch

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Bill Steiner is a field ecologist and expert bird-watcher who has compiled one of the most significant private collections of Audubon prints in the United States. An accomplished entomologist, herpetologist, and horticulturist, he holds degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. From 1994 to 1996 Steiner worked with the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games as the environmental chief for the 1996 Summer Olympics. Steiner lives in Lithonia, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta.

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