{"id":904,"date":"2024-04-16T16:00:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T16:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/?p=904"},"modified":"2024-05-02T10:37:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T10:37:06","slug":"flip-through-more-than-5000-pages-of-this-sprawling-19th-century-atlas-of-natural-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/16\/flip-through-more-than-5000-pages-of-this-sprawling-19th-century-atlas-of-natural-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Flip Through More than 5,000 Pages of This Sprawling 19th-Century Atlas of Natural History"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the early 19th century, German naturalist Lorenz Oken<\/a> quickly established himself as a leader in the Naturphilosophie<\/em> movement, a current of Idealism<\/a>, which attempted to comprehend a total view of nature by investigating its theoretical structure\u2014a precursor to the natural sciences as we know them today.<\/p>\n

Oken’s seminal work Allgemaine Naturgeschichte F\u00fcr Alle St\u00e4nde<\/em><\/a>, or\u00a0General Natural History For All Classes,\u00a0<\/em>was published as a series of seven volumes between 1833 and 1843. At more than 5,000 pages in its entirety, the atlas depicts known species ranging from beetles and fish to birds and ferns. In many cases, insects or plants are shown in various stages of development, like a butterfly displayed alongside its larval and pupal forms.<\/p>\n

Containing illustrations engraved and printed by a number of contributors, the vivid portrayal of wildlife and botanicals attempts to classify similar specimens, labeling them with both their common and scientific names and grouping like examples into compartments.<\/p>\n

Explore Oken’s entire Allgemaine Naturgeschichte\u00a0<\/em>in the Biodiversity Heritage Library’s digital archive<\/a>, where you can also download tens of thousands individual illustrations<\/a>. You may also enjoy flipping through an eclectic array of rare Japanese schoolbooks<\/a>,\u00a0 admiring Elizabeth Gould’s detailed bird illustrations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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