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February Audubon Page-Turning

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Fri, Feb 3, 2023

12:30 PM – 1 PM EST (GMT-5)

Special Collections & Archives Reading Room, 3rd Floor, Hawthorne-Longfellow Library

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Join Special Collections & Archives staff for the monthly page-turning of John James Audubon's double-elephant folio edition of 'Birds of America.' In addition to it's magnificent size, this book features Audubon's drawings of birds (engraved, printed, and hand-colored) and is displayed one page at a time. Bowdoin's copy is one of 120 known copies. Guest speakers from HerpHaven Reptile Sanctuary... there will be snakes!

Join online via Bowdoin Library's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BowdoinLibrary/.

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George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives | Website | View More Events
Co-hosted with: Bowdoin College Library