Nederlandsche vogelen
Nederlandsche vogelen is a five volume Dutch natural history compendium, published in Amsterdam from 1770. It was published in installments and was finished in 1829. It was the first comprehensive avifauna of the Netherlands.
This monumental work was written by Cornelius Nozeman, and after his death by Martinus Houttuyn. The last volume was finished by Jan Sepp, with advice from Coenraad Jacob Temminck. The colored engravings were made by Christiaan Sepp, Jan Christiaan Sepp (his son), and Jan Sepp (his grandson).
Each volume contains 50 images of bird species. Apart from these images, each species is described on a few text pages.
Bibliographic information
Volume 1
Nederlandsche vogelen; volgens hunne huishouding, aert, en eigenschappen beschreeven door Amsterdam : J.C. Sepp en zoon, 1770.Volume 2, 3, 4 en 5
Nederlandsche vogelen; volgens hunne huishouding, aert, en eigenschappen beschreeven door : J.C. Sepp en zoon, 1789 / 1797 / 1809 / 1829.The makers
Cornelius Nozeman was a Remonstrant vicar. He wrote the texts of Nederlandsche vogelen vol. 1 and a large part of vol. 2. After his death, his work was continued by Martinus Houttuyn, who was a physician and biologist. The last volume was put together by the publisher with the help of Coenraad Jacob Temminck.The engravings were made by and under supervision of Christiaan Sepp, and later by his son Jan Christiaan Sepp and his grandson Jan Sepp.
The works were published by Jan Christiaan Sepp and son. The plates are not signed. It is not always clear who has drawn them.
Reprint 2014 and digital edition
In 2014 a reprint of Nederlandsche vogelen was published in a cooperation between and the Koninklijke Bibliotheek. The 5 volumes were published in one giant book in the original size of 56 x 39,5 cm.This reprint has an introduction by Marieke van Delft, Esther van Gelder and Alexander Raat. An index completes this book of suitcase-size with a weight of 11 kg.
The complete set of 250 images on Wikimedia Commons were donated by the KB in 2015.