Nederlandsche vogelen 1770-1829.

Tielt, Lannoo, 2014

€ 150 / 250

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Lot description

Folio.

Original publisher's binding.

Facsimile reprint of the first standard work on the avifauna of the Netherlands by Nozeman & Sepp (1770-1829), one of the most beautiful and expensive works in the history of book printing. With 250 coloured plates depicting life-size birds with their feathered partners and sometimes wih their nests and eggs.