Description: Title: The Ostrich published in A History of the Earth and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith Media: Etching printed in black ink, signed in plate. Date: 1791 Size: Image approx. 5.5 x 3.25"; sheet size approx. 6.75 x 4" Condition: General light soil and discoloration around edges, consistent with age (see photo). Notes: Print is in a 14 x 11" acid-free mat, aheared with clear archival photo corners (no adhesive touching the paper). A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature is a work of natural history by Oliver Goldsmith. First published in 1774 in eight volumes, it attempted to bring together a history of the earth with a description of its geographical features and many of its species. Many further editions of the work were published in the late 18th century and throughout the 19th century. These were often abridged versions of the original, in three, four or six volumes. This four-volume abridged edition, with colored illustrations, is from 1824. The author of A History of the Earth, Oliver Goldsmith, was a novelist, poet and journalist as well as the author of many works of natural history. He is now best known for his 1766 novel, The Vicar of Wakefield. Towards the end of his life, Goldsmith became fascinated with the environment and sought to create a definitive text chronicling biological life on the planet. An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature was known not only for the breadth of information about wildlife of all kinds, but also for its early distinction between the types of sciences. Early in the text Goldsmith carefully delineates the realms of general and material physics, as well as the role of nature and natural law, while speaking dismissively of a Supreme Being. In a main thematic piece that stretches through all eight volumes of the work, Goldsmith, a notable naturalist, exposes serious flaws within the naturalist position; he reveals the loose boundary between the most sensitive of plants and the most stationary and unresponsive of animals, and criticizes the popular notion of a well-defined hierarchy in favor of a looser continuum of sentient life.
Price: 25 USD
Location: DeKalb, Illinois
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Artist: Jacques de Seve
Signed By: artist
Image Orientation: Portrait
Size: Small
Material: Paper
Framing: Unframed
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Ostrich
Type: Print
Year of Production: 1791
Item Height: 3.25 in
Theme: Art
Style: Natural History
Features: 1st Edition
Production Technique: Etching
Handmade: Yes
Item Width: 5 in
