SEPP & NOZEMAN, PUBLISHED AMSTERDAM 1789

SEPP & NOZEMAN, PUBLISHED, AMSTERDAM 1789
Anas Acuta, Foemina; Anas Tadorna, Mas
hand-coloured engravings
two plates published, Amsterdam, 1789.
40 x 33 cm; 48 x 36 cm (respectively)

Northern Pintail with egg The pintail or northern pintail (Anas acuta) is a duck with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America. It is migratory and winters south of its breeding range to the equator.

Published; Amsterdam, between 1770-1829 by C. Nozeman, M. Houttuyn and J.C. Sepp. This is considered the most important and first study in the Netherlands of ornithology at that time. The birds are depicted as they are in life, said to be depicted close to life sized and in their environment.

together with two hand-coloured off-set lithographs, Tufted Duck; Golden Eye
50 x 70 cm each. (4)