Antique Print-PELICAN-MERGANSER-PENGUIN-PUFFIN-TROPICBIRD-SKIMMER-P 82-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 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 82`: ‘Schwimmvogel.’ (Birds). This plate shows various bird species. 1. Sturmvogel/Storm Petrel (Provellaria pelagia), 2. Verkehrtschnabel/Black Skimmer (Rhynchops nigra), 3. Tropikvogel/Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaeton aethereus), 4. Rosa Pelikan/Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), 5. Alk/Puffin (Alca arctica), 6. Fettgans/King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonica), 7. Tauchente/Goosander or Merganser (Mergus merganser). 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 I. Rees.

Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-PELICAN-MERGANSER-PENGUIN-PUFFIN-TROPICBIRD-SKIMMER-P 82-OKEN

(PCO) A194-32