Antique Print-MINERALOGY-GEOLOGY-ROCK-NIAGARA FALLS-LOGAN ROCK-Pl.2-Oken-1833

Lithograph on a vellin type paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 27 x 34 cm. The image size is ca. 22 x 29.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 10.6 x 13.4 inch. The image size is ca. 8.7 x 11.6 inch.

Plate 2`: ‘Mineralogie.’ (Mineralogy). This plate deals with mineralogy and shows rock strata and geological structures. Niagara Falls, Logan Rock in Cornwall, Serapis Temple in Pozzuoli. 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-MINERALOGY-GEOLOGY-ROCK-NIAGARA FALLS-LOGAN ROCK-PL.2-OKEN

(PCO) A194-38