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Cornelius Nozeman (1720-1786), a Dutch minister of the Remonstrant church and an ornithologist, provided the inspiration for this finest Dutch work on ornithology and one of the greatest of all time: Nederlandsche Vogelen.
It was a unique collaborative effort of two Dutch masters, and a project of huge scope and ambition, taking over 60 years to complete. The renowned engraver and artist, Christiaan Sepp drew the illustrations and Nozeman wrote the text for the first two volumes.
Nozeman was born in Amsterdam as the son of the composer Jacobus Nozeman. He was trained as a preacher and called to Alkmaar where he served 1744–1749. There he began to conduct science experiments in his free time.
In 1749 he was called to serve in Haarlem, where he became a supporter of the founding of the society Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen [Dutch Society of Sciences]. It is said that his own membership was denied, because he commented on one of the directors based on two letters he wrote.
In 1759 Nozeman was called to serve in Rotterdam. There he was co-founder and chairman of the “Bataafse Genootschap voor Proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte” [Batavian Society for Experimental Philosophy].
After a fall that partially disabled him, he was released from some of his pastoral duties. Until his death he lived in Moordrecht for health reasons.
Like many educated gentlemen of his time, Nozeman practiced the natural sciences. The spare time left to him during his first job he spent on further training in experimental philosophy and natural history.
In his time in Haarlem he built up a large collection of butterflies, not only for himself, but also for the “Kabinet der Natuurlijke Historie” [Cabinet of Natural History] of the widow of Prince William IV. This gave him a license to shoot birds all year round for his ornithological work.
Cornelius Nozeman edited and translated the bird name list of P.H.H. Moehring. Together with Jan Christiaan Sepp, he wrote a standard work on the birds of the Netherlands: Nederlandsche Vogelen.
The publication consists of five parts and contains 250 life-size images of birds. The order of the birds is completely arbitrary, because a bird was drawn when it was available.
Nozeman also translated and published a selection from the treatises of the various European scientific societies. And he wrote a treatise on the Equisetum for the Society for the Promotion of Agriculture, in which he far surpassed the botanists of his time in the accuracy of his observations and descriptions.
Because of his many publications, among other things, he noted that his life was in the service of the fine arts.
Taken from the original illustrations in the libraries of Teylers Museum in the Netherlands, the collection ‘Nederlandsche Vogelen’ consists of five parts and contains 250 giclee prints after the hand-colored originals.
Over 3,000 historic giclee prints, 16 artists and 40 complete sets
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