Antique Bird Print of the Jacobin Pigeon by Sepp & Nozeman, 1829

€ 700

One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.

Date: 1829
Mapmaker / artist: J.C. Sepp (Artist),M. Houttuyn (Author)
Sheet size: 53.5 × 37 cm (21.1 × 14.6 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-05991/215

Condition

Original text page included. Please study image carefully.

About this sheet

Antique print titled 'Columba Cucullata'. The Jacobin is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding that originated in Asia.

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.