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Audubon in Edinburgh

John Chalmers

出版	NMS, 2003
主題	Biography & Autobiography / Environmentalists & NaturalistsHistory / Europe / Great Britain / General
ISBN	19016637959781901663792
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=zyEgAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

John James Audubon, the famous French-American ornithologist, spent time in Edinburgh during what was perhaps the most important period of his life. Here his superb bird paintings were first engraved and he realized his ambition of having them published. This comprehensive and important book is based largely on the artist's own writings from journals and his prolific correspondence and work with his associate, the naturalist, William MacGillivray, who supplied scientific data for the text and supervised the production of "Birds of America. The author is an orthopedic surgeon who has been associated with the two main institutions which played a large part in Audubon's life in Scotland, Edinburgh University and the Royal College of Surgeons.