OKEN L.[orenz] - Allgemeine Naturgeschichte für alle Stände. Stuttgart 1843.

Author: OKEN L.[orenz].

Title: Allgemeine Naturgeschichte für alle Stände

• Place of publication: Stuttgart
• Year of publication: 1843
• Publisher: Hoffmann Verlags
• Number of pages: [4] - two title cards
• Illustrations, maps: f. plates 162 (including 130 hand-colored)
• Size: 34.5 x 29 cm
• Binding: soft hard half leather with gilt and signboard on spine, top edge of pages stained red
• Condition: binding - rubbing dampstains; page block much loosened - some pages loose (the middle of the binding is also visible); a few pages have minor dampstains, a few signatures in pencil - otherwise nice condition!

Description:

Atlas for natural history, includes images of plants, fungi, crustaceans, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals. Beautiful color. illustrations. Oken Lorenz (1779 - 1851), German physician and naturalist. His 13-volume work on natural history contributed to the widespread popularization of natural science.

Contains 162 plates including 130 hand-colored in period.

Rare!