print room: bird prints from
other artists/authors Please contact us for detailed condition report or additional photos. Visit our ordering page to read about our guarantee, and for information on sales tax, shipping, and forms of payment. In this area, we highlight the work of several very important natural history artist/authors of the eighteenth and nineteenth century. On this page, we have prints from the work of Cornelius Nozeman, John Gould, Mark Catesby, and Prideaux John Selby. On another page, we have prints from Wilson and Bonaparte's American Ornithology. That important work highlights the art of Alexander Wilson, Titian Ramsey Peale and Alexander Ride. Cornelius Nozeman: Nederlandsche Vogelen (Dutch Birds) Published in Amsterdam in five volumes over a period of almost sixty years, Nederlandsche Vogelen depicts most of the bird species known in the Netherlands through the time of publication. The ambitious project was initiated by Dutch Remonstrant minister and ornithologist, Cornelius Nozeman. Nozeman partnered with the Sepps, a father and son with expertise in natural science, illustration, printing, publication and bookselling. They planned a five-volume work including illustrations and descriptive text, each volume to include fifty hand-colored engraved plates, each portraying a single bird species (life-sized if possible). Nozeman wrote the text for Vol. 1 and much of the text for Vol. 2 before his death in 1786, while the elder Sepps, Christiaan (who died in 1775) and his son Jan Christiaan, were responsible for the drawings and engravings. Following the deaths of Christiaan Sepp and Nozeman, the Sepp family persevered with publication, enlisting the assistance of physician Martinus Houttuyn and later C. J. Temminck. After Jan Christiaan's own death in 1811, his son Jan Sepp continued work on the fifth volume until completion in 1829. With many of the 250 plates featuring eggs and nests, and with an elaborately decorated title page to grace each volume, this rare work is well known for its charming illustrations. These folio plates are on fine watermarked laid paper, and measure around 21 x 14-1/2 inches. Plate size (excluding the title page) are around 16 x 11 inches. All prints are in overall excellent condition, with previous owner's information stamped or penciled on verso, and penciled numbers on recto. See scans for details.
John Gould: Monograph of the Trochilidae Click on the detail photos to see another photo of the whole print.
Mark Catesby: The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands (1754). Mark Catesby, a self-taught naturalist and artist, was the first to publish observations and artistic sketches on American flora and fauna. Originally issued between 1731 and 1743, Catesby's Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands was based on Catesby's field research conducted during an extended visit to the New World in the 1720s. Something of a Renaissance man and lacking funds, Catesby took on virtually all roles in the production of his work including preparation of the text, producing the original paintings, preparing the etchings, and supervising the hand-coloring of the printed plates. The complete work included over 200 plates, and covered birds, animals, insects and plants.
Prideaux John Selby: Illustrations of British Ornithology Considered one of the great masters of bird art of the nineteenth century, P. J. Selby drew most of the birds in this series and did most of the etching himself. W. H. Lizars (who was Audubon's first printer) did the actual printing and supervised the coloring. This series was first issued by subscription in nineteen parts from 1824-1834 on J Whatman paper. It was issued again in the 1840s and in the 1860s by Henry Bohn, also on J Whatman paper. Please click on the thumbnails for larger photos.
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