Antique Print-BIRDS-EGG-HERON-COOT-BLACK STORK-SPOONBILL-EGRET-Pl.7-Oken-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 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 7`: ‘Nester u. Eier.’ (Nests and eggs). This plate shows bird’s nests and eggs. 1. Wei�er Storch/White stork (Ciconia alba), 2. Schwarzer Storch/Black stork (Ciconia nigra), 3. Fischreiher/Grey heron (Ardea cinerea), 4. Purpurreiher/Purple heron (Ardea purpurea), 5. Silberreiher/Egret (Ardea egretta), 6. Kleine Rohrdommel/Bittern (Ardea minuta), 7. Europ�ischer S�belschn�bler/Avocet (Recurvirostra avocetta), 8. Wei�er L�ffler/Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), 9. Gro�er Brachvogel (Numenius arquatus), 10. Regenbrachvogel/Whimbrel (Numenius phaeobus), 11. Rostrother Sumpfl�ufer (Limosa rufa), 12. Schwarzschw�nziger Sumpfl�ufer (Limosa melanura), 13. Europ�ischer Dickfu� (Oedicnemus erepitans), 14. Rothf��iger Austernfischer/Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), 15. Rothf��iger Strandreuter (Himantopus melanopterus), 16. Isl�ndischer Strandl�ufer (Trynga islandica), 17. Kampfstrandl�ufer/Ruff (Trynga pugnax), 18. Gambettwasserl�ufer (Totanus calidris), 19. Hellfarbiger Wasserl�ufer (Totanus glottis), 20. Bruchwasserl�ufer (Totanus glareola), 21. Punktirter Wasserl�ufer (Totanus ochropus), 22. Waldschnepfe/Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola), 23. Mittelschnepfe (Scolopax major), 24 Heerschnepfe/common snipe (Scolopax gallinago), 25. Gr�nf��iges (Rohrhuhn (Gallinula chloropus), 26. Gemeines Wasserhuhn/Eurasian coot (Fulica atra), 27. Rothfeldhuhn (Perdix rufa). 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-HERON-COOT-BLACK STORK-SPOONBILL-EGRET-PL.7-OKEN

(PCO) A194-36