Print Description
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 1`: ‘Mineralogie.’ (Mineralogy). This plate deals with mineralogy and shows rock strata and geological structures. 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 STRATA-SCIENCE-PL.1-OKEN
(PCO) A194-37 (CE)
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