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Antique Print-CRUSTACEAN-ARTHROPOD-HORSESHOE CRAB-LOUSE-LIMULUS-Oken-1833

Print

€75.00

‘PLATE XX. MUSCHEL U. SCHILDKREBSE (..).’

– This original antique print shows various crab and shrimp (Copepods, Arthropods) species;. 1. Monoculus pediculus, 2. Cypris pubera (Ostracod), 3. Lynceus aduncus, 4. Daphnia pennata, 5. Limnadia gigas ? 1. Nicothoe astaci (Lobster), 2. Dichelesthium sturionis, 3. Cecrops latreilli (Leach), 4. Argulus foliaceus (Common Fish Louse), 5. Caligus curtus (Sea Louse), 6. Cyclops quadricornis, 7. Zoea taurus, 8. Limulus cancriformis (Crab-like Limulus), 9. Xiphosura polyphemus (Horseshoe Crab).

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SKU: PICTURA-08180 Category: Tag:

Description

Medium: Lithograph. 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. Light creasing. Small tear in paper edges, not effecting the image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

CRUSTACEAN-ARTHROPOD-HORSESHOE CRAB-LOUSE-LIMULUS | PCO-A193-32

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 Loffler.

Additional information

Dimensions 34 × 27 × 1 cm

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