Antique Print-BIRDS-EGG-GREBE-LAPWING-PLOVER-PARTRIDGE-GULL-Pl.6-Oken-1833

Description

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 29 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 10.6 x 13.4 inch. The image size is ca. 9.1 x 11.4 inch.

Plate 6`: ‘Nester u. Eier.’ (Nests and eggs). This plate shows bird’s nests and eggs. 1. Eismï¿½ve/Iceland gull (Larus glaucus), 2. Mantelmï¿½ve/Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus), 3.-6. Silbermï¿½ve/European Herring Gull (Larus argentus), 7./8. Sturmmï¿½ve (Larus canus), 9. Dreizehige Mï¿½ve (Larus tridactyla), 10. Polarmï¿½ve (Larus leucopterus), 11. Lachmï¿½ve (Larus rudibundus), 12. Kleiner Steiï¿½fuï¿½/Little grebe (Podiceps minor), 13. Geï¿½hrter Steiï¿½fuï¿½/Horned grebe (Podiceps auritus), 14. Gehï¿½rnter Steiï¿½fuï¿½ (Podiceps cornutus), 15. Goldregenpfeifer/Golden plover (Charadrius auratus), 16. Seeregenpfeifer (Charadrius cantianus), 17. Fluï¿½regenpfeifer (Charadrius minor), 18. Sandregenpfeifer/Common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula), 19. Morinellregenpfeifer (Charadrius morinellus), 20. Gehaubter Kiebitz/Lapwing, 21. Alpenstrandlï¿½ufer (Trynga alpina), 22. Meerstrandlï¿½ufer (Trynga maritima), 23. Fluï¿½wasserlï¿½ufer (Totanus hypoleucos), 24. Rebfeldhuhn/Partridge (Perdix cinerea). 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.

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

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-BIRDS-EGG-GREBE-LAPWING-PLOVER-PARTRIDGE-GULL-PL.6-OKEN

(PCO) A194-36