{"id":628,"date":"2024-04-16T16:00:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T16:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/careerxposure.net\/?p=628"},"modified":"2024-04-16T17:22:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T17:22:22","slug":"flip-through-more-than-5000-pages-of-this-sprawling-19th-century-atlas-of-natural-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/careerxposure.net\/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":"<div id=\"attachment_244976\" style=\"width: 1504px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-244976\" class=\"wp-image-244976 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"an 18th-century natural history book illustration of numerous long-legged birds\" width=\"1494\" height=\"1920\" data-src=\"https:\/\/careerxposure.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/allgemeinenatur-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-244976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of the Biodiversity Heritage Library<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the early 19th century, German naturalist <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lorenz_Oken\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lorenz Oken<\/a> quickly established himself as a leader in the <em>Naturphilosophie<\/em> movement, a current of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_idealism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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<p>Oken&#8217;s seminal work <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/bibliography\/207583\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Allgemaine Naturgeschichte F\u00fcr Alle St\u00e4nde<\/em><\/a>, or\u00a0<em>General 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<p>Containing illustrations engraved and printed by a number of contributors, the vivid portrayals 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<p>Explore Oken&#8217;s entire <em>Allgemaine Naturgeschichte\u00a0<\/em>in the Biodiversity Heritage Library&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/item\/329021#page\/188\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">digital archive<\/a>, where you can also download tens of thousands <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2020\/01\/biodiversity-heritage-library-free-download\/\">individual illustrations<\/a>. You may also enjoy flipping through an eclectic array of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2024\/01\/japanese-rare-textbooks\/\">rare Japanese schoolbooks<\/a>,\u00a0 admiring Elizabeth Gould&#8217;s detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2023\/09\/elizabeth-gould-bird-illustrations\/\">bird illustrations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-244977 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"an 18th-century natural history book illustration of eels\" width=\"1476\" height=\"1920\" data-src=\"https:\/\/careerxposure.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/allgemeinenatur-2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-244981 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"an 18th-century natural history book illustration of moths, some shown at their larval and pupae stages\" width=\"1476\" height=\"1920\" data-src=\"https:\/\/careerxposure.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/allgemeinenatur-6.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-244978 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"an 18th-century natural history book illustration of numerous beetles, organized by size and color into classifications in a chart\" width=\"1491\" height=\"1920\" data-src=\"https:\/\/careerxposure.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/allgemeinenatur-3.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-244979 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"an 18th-century natural history book illustration of winged insects, classified into a grid\" width=\"1493\" height=\"1920\" data-src=\"https:\/\/careerxposure.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/allgemeinenatur-4.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-244980 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"an 18th-century natural history book illustration of butterflies, some shown at their larval and pupae stages\" width=\"1496\" height=\"1920\" data-src=\"https:\/\/careerxposure.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/allgemeinenatur-5.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-244982 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"an 18th-century natural history book illustration of numerous plants and botanicals categorized on the page into a grid\" width=\"1495\" height=\"1920\" data-src=\"https:\/\/careerxposure.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/allgemeinenatur-7.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-244983 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"an 18th-century natural history book illustration of ferns, categorized on the page into a grid showing their seeds and different stages of growth\" width=\"1493\" height=\"1920\" data-src=\"https:\/\/careerxposure.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/allgemeinenatur-8.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-244984 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"an 18th-century natural history book illustration of mushrooms\" width=\"1502\" height=\"1920\" data-src=\"https:\/\/careerxposure.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/allgemeinenatur-9.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-244985 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"an 18th-century natural history book illustration of bird eggs and nests\" width=\"1475\" height=\"1920\" data-src=\"https:\/\/careerxposure.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/allgemeinenatur-10.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-244986 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"an 18th-century natural history book illustration of bird eggs and nests\" width=\"1475\" height=\"1920\" data-src=\"https:\/\/careerxposure.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/allgemeinenatur-11.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Do stories and artists like this matter to you? 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