The Birds of the Netherlands – E.D. van Oort – 5 volumes – 1922–1939 – 407 colour plates – detail photograph
The Birds of the Netherlands – E.D. van Oort – 5 volumes – 1922–1939 – 407 colour plates – detail photograph
The Birds of the Netherlands – E.D. van Oort – 5 volumes – 1922–1939 – 407 colour plates – detail photograph
The Birds of the Netherlands – E.D. van Oort – 5 volumes – 1922–1939 – 407 colour plates – detail photograph
The Birds of the Netherlands – E.D. van Oort – 5 volumes – 1922–1939 – 407 colour plates – detail photograph
The Birds of the Netherlands – E.D. van Oort – 5 volumes – 1922–1939 – 407 colour plates – detail photograph
The Birds of the Netherlands – E.D. van Oort – 5 volumes – 1922–1939 – 407 colour plates – detail photograph
The Birds of the Netherlands – E.D. van Oort – 5 volumes – 1922–1939 – 407 colour plates – detail photograph
The Birds of the Netherlands – E.D. van Oort – 5 volumes – 1922–1939 – 407 colour plates – detail photograph
The Birds of the Netherlands – E.D. van Oort – 5 volumes – 1922–1939 – 407 colour plates – detail photograph
The Birds of the Netherlands – E.D. van Oort – 5 volumes – 1922–1939 – 407 colour plates – detail photograph
The Birds of the Netherlands – E.D. van Oort – 5 volumes – 1922–1939 – 407 colour plates – detail photograph
The Birds of the Netherlands – E.D. van Oort – 5 volumes – 1922–1939 – 407 colour plates – detail photograph

The birds of the Netherlands – E.D. van Oort – 5 volumes – 1922–1939 – 407 colour plates

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Description

Monumental five-part publication of Ornithologia Neerlandica – The Birds of the Netherlands by Prof. Dr E.D. van Oort, published between 1922 and 1939 and illustrated with 407 colour plates after drawings by M.A. Koekkoek.

This voluminous ornithological publication is regarded as one of the most important and finest Dutch bird books of the twentieth century. In it, Van Oort describes the bird species found in the Netherlands, accompanied by exceptionally well-produced illustrations based on drawings by the renowned animal painter Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek.

The set consists of the five main volumes and contains a total of 407 full-page colour plates in collotype, after drawings by M.A. Koekkoek. The volumes are uniformly bound in dark green half-leather with raised bands and gilt-decorated spines.

Ornithologia Neerlandica is also highly valued internationally as a standard ornithological work and as an illustrated bird book. J. Balis described the work in Of various plumage. Ten centuries of bird books as being among the finest bird books from the period between the two world wars.

Published by Martinus Nijhoff in The Hague, 1922–1939.

Literature: Nissen IVB 694; Anker 381; Wood 500; J. Balis, Of various plumage. Ten centuries of bird books, p. 149.

Dimensions & condition

5 folio-volumes.

Good set with signs of use and age appropriate to the period. The bindings and gilt lettering present well and the illustrated plates are clear and colourful. Volume V is slightly loose in the binding, but is still securely attached.

The separately published register/index volume is missing.

Product photographs show the object on offer exactly as photographed. Any interior images are AI-generated impressions, included solely to illustrate scale and presentation.

Additional information

Author

E.D. van Oort
Publisher

Martinus Nijhoff
Year

1922
Pages

1348
Binding method

Hardback
Language

Dutch

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