Giclee reprint of an original lithograph from Jan Christiaan Sepps’ Verzameling van Uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen published in Amsterdam between 1772 and 1781. It is highly prized for its hand-colored copperplate engravings depicting birds, exotic animals, and plants from around the world. The book is primarily a translated compilation of two groundbreaking English works: A Natural History of Uncommon Birds by George Edwards (1694–1773), and The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands by Mark Catesby (1683–1749), famous for his early documentation of North American wildlife.

Before reaching the Netherlands, German engraver Johann Michael Seligmann (1720–1762) re-engraved the original plates and published them in Nuremberg under the title Sammlung verschiedener ausländischer und seltener Vögel. Seligmann added new botanical backgrounds to many of Edwards' original bird drawings.

The Dutch publisher Jan Christiaan Sepp brought the work to Amsterdam. He hired the prominent Dutch naturalist Martinus Houttuyn (1720–1798) to translate the text from German into Dutch, expanding it with added scientific commentary and references to other contemporary natural history authors.