Audubon's Birds of America: The world's most expensive book
source : Finlo Rohrer BBC News
source : Finlo Rohrer BBC News
A copy of the world's most expensive printed book has sold at auction in London for £6.5m ($10.3m), but why is John James Audubon's Birds of America such a collectors' item?
If you ever see a copy of Audubon's Birds of America lying round a junk shop, you should consider buying it. It should stand out. The largest version of the book was in what printers call double elephant folio - an enormous 39.5 by 26.5 inches (100cm by 67cm), to allow lifesize illustration of birds.