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Antique Print-TREE FROG-SURINAM HORNED-POND-FIREBELLY TOAD-Oken-1833

Print

€95.00

‘PLATE 59. FROESCHE (..).’

– This original antique print shows various reptile species with anatomy details and development stages including a tree frog species, pond frog, Swimming Frog (Rana paradoxa), Surinam Horned Frog (Stombus cornutus), Spix’s Horned Treefrog (Hemiphractus scutatus), Firebelly Toad (Bombina ignea), Midwife Toad (Bufo obstetricans), Marine Toad (Bufo agua), Giant Rain Frog (Systoma gibbosum), African Clawed Frog (Xenopus laevis) etc.

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SKU: PCO-28727 Category: Tag:

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/browning. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

TREE FROG-SURINAM HORNED-POND-FIREBELLY TOAD | PCO-A194-09

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 Schach.

Additional information

Dimensions 34 × 27 × 1 cm

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