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Abbildungen zu Oken’s Allgemeiner Naturgeschichte für alle Stände Pl.029 (1841)

Lorenz Oken (German, unknown)

Delicate veins branch across translucent leaves, each curve precise as a surgeon’s incision. The engraving freezes their unfurling—not just plants, but architectures of light and shadow. Here, botany becomes blueprint.
Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes, de diverses couleurs et figures extraordinaires.. Pl.064 (1718-1719)

Louis Renard (French, 1678–1746)

Vibrant fish dart across the page, their scales shimmering in impossible hues. Nearby, a crimson crayfish raises its claws beside a crab with spiked armor. Each creature twists with exaggerated forms, as if plucked from a sailor’s wildest tale of the deep.
Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes, de diverses couleurs et figures extraordinaires.. Pl.024 (1718-1719)

Louis Renard (French, 1678–1746)

Vibrant fish dart across the page, their scales shimmering in impossible hues. A crimson crab claws at a cobalt crayfish, both creatures twisted into fantastical shapes. The sea teems with life—each specimen more bizarre than the last, as if pulled from a fever dream of the deep.
De uitlandsche kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen, Asia, Africa en America pl40 (1779-1782)

Pieter Cramer (Dutch, 1721–1776)

Delicate wings unfurl across the page—vivid patterns from Asia, Africa, and America preserved in precise engravings. Each butterfly and moth seems poised to lift off the paper, a fleeting glimpse of distant continents frozen in ink. The lines blur between science and art, nature captured mid-flight.
Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes, de diverses couleurs et figures extraordinaires.. Pl.049 (1718-1719)

Louis Renard (French, 1678–1746)

Vibrant fish dart across the page, their scales shimmering in impossible hues. Nearby, a crimson crab claws at the edge, its shell patterned with intricate swirls. Each creature seems plucked from a dream—exaggerated, surreal, yet meticulously detailed. The sea has never looked so strange or alive.
Collybia maculata, Schw (1915-1945)

Hans Walty (Swiss, 1868-1948)

Delicate gills fan out beneath the spotted cap, each line etched with precision. The fungus stands solitary, its stem slightly curved as if caught mid-growth. Shadows pool around its base, lending weight to the fragile form. A quiet study of texture and decay, rendered in stark black and white.
De uitlandsche kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen, Asia, Africa en America pl72 (1779-1782)

Pieter Cramer (Dutch, 1721–1776)

Delicate wings unfurl across the page, their intricate patterns mapping distant continents—Asia’s lush greens, Africa’s fiery oranges, America’s deep blues. Each butterfly a tiny ambassador from far-flung lands, pinned not to boards but to history itself.
Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes, de diverses couleurs et figures extraordinaires.. Pl.100 (1718-1719)

Louis Renard (French, 1678–1746)

Vibrant fish dart across the page, their scales shimmering in impossible hues. A crimson crayfish brandishes its claws beside a crab with spiked armor. Each creature twists in exaggerated forms, as if plucked from a fever dream of the deep.
Coryphaena coerulea, The Bleu-Fish (1785-1797)

Marcus Elieser Bloch (German, 1723–1799)

A shimmering blue fish leaps from the page, scales etched with precision, its form both delicate and alive. The engraving captures every curve, every fin, as if frozen mid-motion in some unseen current.