Subject: Prints - Birds
Period: 1797 (published)
Publication: Nederlandsche Vogelen
Color: Hand Color
Size:
14.9 x 21.5 inches
37.8 x 54.6 cm
This lovely hand-colored engraving depicts a female European golden plover among the grass. It appeared in the third volume of Nederlandsche Vogelen. Published in 5 volumes from 1770 to 1829, Nederlandsche Vogelen is an early landmark natural history work covering the avi-fauna of the Netherlands. The third volume featured engraving work by Jan Christaan Sepp and his son Jan and text by Martinus Houttuyn, taking over for Cornelius Nozeman.
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Condition: A
Full contemporary color on a sheet with a Strasbourg lily watermark. There are some tiny edge tears and chips along the right sheet edge.
