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Buekers's Onze Vogels - Volume with 48 Color Plates - This volume with 48 color plates is P. G. Bueker's Onze Vogels . The work was published circa 1902 in Zutphen, Netherlands by W.J. Thieme & Cie. This work is an adaptation of C. G. Friedrich's work of 1891 entitled Naturgeschichte der Deutschen Vogel . The illustrations are bound with transparent endpaper with Dutch and Latin names of the bird species. There are 48 color plates and 648 pages + index and the volume is bound in 3/4 leather with 4 raised bands. Dr. Peter Gijsbrecht Buekers (1849-1930) was a Dutch physics and biology teacher. He published numerous articles and books. He followed and promoted the ideas of Professor Hugo de Vries mutation theory. Paper Size: ~ 7 1/2” by 10 1/2”