Name: Antique Print-SAW SCALED VIPER-PSEUDOBOA-SAINT LUCIA BOA-SNAKE-Oken-1833
SKU: PCO-28731
Availability: InStock

Antique Print-SAW SCALED VIPER-PSEUDOBOA-SAINT LUCIA BOA-SNAKE-Oken-1833

€75.00

‘PLATE 63. SCHIENENSCHLANGEN (..).’

– This original antique print shows various snake species; saw-scaled viper, eastern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), rattlesnake species, Boa orophias, the Saint Lucia boa, Asian palm pit viper species, Langaha madagascariensis, the Madagascar or Malagasy leaf-nosed snake, pseudoboa species.

In stock

SKU: PCO-28731 Category: Reptiles Tag: Animals

Description

Medium: Lithograph with oriinal old hand colouring. 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 foxing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

SAW SCALED VIPER-PSEUDOBOA-SAINT LUCIA BOA-SNAKE | PCO-A194-13

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 unknwon/to be determined.