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Antique Print-BIRD OF PARADISE-STARLING-COWBIRD-CROW-Mayer-Oken-1833

Print

€85.00

‘PLATE 85. KRAEHEN (..).’

– This original antique print shows various birds; 1. Staar (Sturnus) – starling, 2. Mino (Eulabes) – Myna, 3. Viehstaar (Molothrus) – Cowbird, 4. Webervogel (Ploceus) – Weaver bird, 5. Beutelstaar (Cassicus) – possibly the Australian piping crow, 6. Paradiesvogel (Paradisea) – Bird of Paradise, 7. Lappenvogel (Glaucopis) – Wattled crow, or kokako, 8. Racke (Coracias) – Coracias garrulus.

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SKU: PCO-28744 Category: Tag:

Description

Medium: Lithograph with original old hand colouring. on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 27 x 34 cm (10.63 x 13.39 inch). Image size: 23 x 30 cm. (9.06 x 11.81 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Minor foxing/staining. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

BIRD OF PARADISE-STARLING-COWBIRD-CROW | PCO-A194-30

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

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.

Biography artist: 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 engraved by C. Mayer.

Additional information

Dimensions 34 × 27 × 1 cm

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