Antique Print-CUCKOO-COUCAL-ROLLER-HONEYGUIDE-TROGON-Pl.78-Oken-Schillinger-1833

Lithograph on a vellin type paper. Original hand colour. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 27 x 34 cm. The image size is ca. 23 x 30 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 10.6 x 13.4 inch. The image size is ca. 9.1 x 11.8 inch.

Plate 78`: ‘Guckgucke.’ (Cuckoos). This plate shows various bird species. 1. Cuculus (Cuckoo), 2. Coccyzus (Black-billed Cuckoo), 3. Centropus (Coucal), 4. Leptosomus (Cuckoo Roller), 5. Indicator (Honeyguide), 6. Buphaga, 7. Crotophaga (Ani), 8. Pogonias, 9. Trogon. This old antique print originates from: ‘Abbildungen zu Oken’s allgemeiner Naturgeschichte fur alle Stande’, published by Hoffmann’sche Verlags-Buchhandlung in Stuttgart, Germany 1833 – 1841.Artists and Engravers: Lorenz Oken (1779-1851), was a German transcendental naturalist, philosopher & physician. Born Okenfuss, the son of a farmer, he simplified his name to Oken while at medical school in Freiburg, Bavaria. Oken was a prolific & vocal writer, lecturer and theorist, publishing many philosophical treatises during his life. His masterpiece and lasting legacy to the world is the 13-volume ‘Naturgeschichte fur alle Stande’ (Natural History for all Social Ranks), first published between 1833 and 1841. This plate by S. Schillinger.

Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-CUCKOO-COUCAL-ROLLER-HONEYGUIDE-TROGON-PL.78-OKEN-SCHILLINGER

(PCO) A194-28