Antique Bird Print of the Northern Gannet by Sepp & Nozeman (1829)

Description: Antique print titled 'Pelecanus Bassanus'. This print depicts the Northern Gannet (Dutch: Jan-van-Gent). The northern gannet (Morus bassanus) is a seabird and the largest member of the gannet family, Sulidae. It is native to the Atlantic Ocean, breeding in Western Europe and North America. The sexes are similar in appearance. The adult northern gannet has a mainly white streamlined body with long neck, long and slender wings and long pointed bill. This print originates from 'Nederlandsche Vogelen; volgens hunne huisdouding, aert, en eigenschappen beschreeven", Amsterdam, 1770-1829 by C. Nozeman, M. Houttuyn and J.C. Sepp. This is 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.

Original text page included.

Artists and engravers: This monumental work is associated with Christiaan Andreas Sepp, Jan Christiaan Sepp, Jan Sepp, Cornelis Nozeman, Martinus Houttuyn and Coenraad Jacob Temminck.