This original antique print shows various insect species with developmental stages and anatomical features. Including Lice, Scorpion Fly, Ant Lion, Dragonflies, Earwig, Cockroach, Stick Insect, Locust, Cricket, Cicada, Lantern Fly, Bed Bug, Water Bug etc.
Made by Schach after Lorenz Oken.
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. Sme minor foxing/browning, mainly in the margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
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.