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  • The E-Sylum: Volume 7, Number 17, April 25, 2004, Article 19

    AUDUBONS DISPLAYED

    Another non-numismatic note of interest to general bibliophiles
    was submitted by the editor of our print journal, The Asylum,
    E. Tomlinson Fort, who writes: "I thought this might make an
    interesting filler for The E-Sylum. By the way, Hillman Library,
    at the University of Pittsburgh, also has a first edition elephant
    follio Audubon. They have a special display case where they
    show a different plat."

    "A LIBRARIAN turns the pages with infinite care, her gloved
    hands moving with the respect reserved for a treasure valued
    at £7 million.

    For a century, the book and three companion volumes that
    comprise Audubon?s Birds of America have been in a vault,
    too valuable to be exhibited in public.

    But soon, 102 years after they were gifted to Glasgow's
    Mitchell Library, they will go on display to attract Glaswegians
    and international visitors alike.

    Curators plan to make Audubon's Birds... the centrepiece of
    a new visitor attraction.

    "It's one of the world's best kept secrets, but it will at last be
    available to all," said Pamela Tulloch, the information services
    manager at the library.

    Glasgow's "double elephant folio" - the books measure 39in by
    27in - is one of the few remaining complete sets created from
    paintings by the 19th century artist-adventurer John James
    Audubon."

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  • 2004-04-25
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