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NOZEMAN (CORNELIUS)
Nederlandsche Vogelen, 5 vol., FIRST EDITION, Amsterdam, Jan Christiaan Sepp, 1770-1829

27 November 2018, 13:00 GMT
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NOZEMAN (CORNELIUS)

Nederlandsche Vogelen, 5 vol., FIRST EDITION, 5 hand-coloured additional engraved titles, 250 hand-coloured engraved plates (2 double-page), volume 1 with dampstaining to opening 7 plates and text (additional title, title and dedication leaf laid down), volume 5 with small stain in lower gutter of opening leaves (touching image on additional title, and just inside platemark of 2 plates), plate 232 with blank fore-edge torn away, plate 248 slightly creased, near contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spines repaired with replacement gilt morocco labels on volumes 2 and 3, rubbed [Anker 369; Fine Bird Books, p.98; Nissen IVB 684; Wood, p.496; Zimmer, p.469], folio (546 x 382mm.), Amsterdam, Jan Christiaan Sepp, 1770-1829

Footnotes

"The first comprehensive account of the avifauna of Holland... [in the plates] the birds are shown in their natural surroundings and as far as possible in their natural attitudes" (Anker).

Provenance: Acquired from Vloemans, The Hague, 10 December 1951; the library of Wassenaar Zoo.

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