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'PLATE 88. ORDNUNG II KAU-MAUSE (.).'This original antique print shows various mammals; 1 Platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, 1 wombat, Vombatus ursinus, 1 bandicoot, 2 short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus, 2 rock hyrax, Procavia capensis, 2 quoll, Dasyurus mangei, 3 giant anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla, 3 koala, Phascolarctos cinereus, 3 red-tailed phascogale, Phascogale calura, 4 endangered pangolin, Manis species, 5 opossum, Balantia, Beutelratte, 4 Linnaeus's mouse opossum, Marmosa murina, 5 three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes matacus, 6 brown-throated sloth, Bradypus variegatus, 4 extinct Grey's wallaby, Macropus greyi, Halmaturus and 5 Philippine colugo, Cynocephalus volans.Made by T. Soltukow after Lorenz Oken.Medium: Lithograph with original 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).PLATYPUS-WOMBAT-ANTEATER-KOALA-ARMADILLO | PCO-A194-40BACKGROUND INFORMATIONThis 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 T. Soltukow. Condition: good, given age. Minor foxing/staining. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. Lorenz Oken (illustrator). …