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Oken - 6 Fish or Sea Life Lithographs - This natural history lithograph is from Lorenz Oken's Abbildungen zu Oken's allgemeiner Naturgeschichte fur alle Stande . The work was published in 1843 in Stuttgart by Hoffman. The illustrations for this work were done by Johann Susemihl. It was a ”once well-known and widely distributed popular natural history [work].” (Anker 375) Lorenz Okenfuss [Oken] (1779-1851) was a German naturalist, botanist, biologist, and ornithologist. He applied the philosophical principles of Immanuel Kant to his studies in the physical sciences. He served as a member of the Royal Sweedish Academy of Sciences. Paper Size: ~ 10 1/2” by 13 1/8”