Antique Print-JACANA-COOT-LAND RAIL-SCREAMER-SHEATHBILL-Pl.84-Oken-Mayer-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 84`: ‘Wasser-Huhner.’ (Water fowl). This plate shows various bird species. 1. Rohrhuhn/Land-Rail (Rallus Crex), 2. Bl��huhn/Coot (Fulica atra), 3. Spornfl�gel/Tittibha (Parra jacana), 4. Rostfl�gel-Brachschwalbe/Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola), 5. Scheidenschnabel/Snowy Sheathbill (Chionis alba), 6. Strau�huhn/Horned Screamer (Palamedea cornuta). 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 C. Mayer.

Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Left side paper browned. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-JACANA-COOT-LAND RAIL-SCREAMER-SHEATHBILL-PL.84-OKEN-MAYER

(PCO) A194-34