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Show 123 finally, on October 10, 1843, Bodmer notified Maximilian that the English text was at last at the bookbinder and that copies would be delivered soon. The long, expensive, and physically draining undertaking was over. These two men had collaborated on a project that would have a far-reaching impact on science. The meticulous care with which Bodmer had transposed his original watercolors to aquatint had preserved the greater part of the information that Maximilian had wanted to maintain. The immediate impact upon art and the travelbook genre was less. Publication of Travels caused not more than a ripple in the art circles of Europe. Appreciation of Bodmer's illustrations, now transposed to aquatint, was left mainly to scientists. However, it had been Maximilian's reliance upon the art produced for the expedition that had determined the final form and content of his book. |