World’s most expensive book in Britain
A copy of the world’s most expensive book, which features life-sized
prints of flamingoes and swans, is tipped to fetch up to six million
pounds at auction in Britain.
John James Audubon’s seven-volume Birds Of America, which dates from
the 19th century, will be sold alongside literary treasures like a copy
of William Shakespeare’s First Folio and a series of letters by Queen
Elizabeth I.
There are thought to be just over 100 copies of Audubon’s huge book -
which measures around 90 centimetres by 60 centimetres (three foot by
two foot) - still in existence and another sold for 8.8 million dollars
10 years ago. Before painting the birds, Audubon shot them and hung them
on a wire. All of the works belonged to a British book collector, Lord
Frederick Hesketh.
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