Oliver Goldsmith Animated Nature First Edition Index

Oliver Goldsmith
History of the Earth and Animated Nature

These copper-plate engravings are cut from the first edition of Oliver Goldsmith's (1728-1774) An History of the Earth and Animated Nature. The first edition (in eight volumes) appeared in London in 1774. The work sought to draw together virtually all that was known about the planet earth, its plants and animals, and even its human inhabitants described from a biological perspective. Goldsmith had intended to translate Pliny's Natural History, but after reading Buffon, he decided that "the best imitation of the ancients was to write from our own feelings and to imitate nature." Goldsmith's Animated Nature went through over twenty editions into the Victorian era and served as a popular source of information about the natural world.

Size: 8.25 x 5 inches

jcorwin@classicnatureprints	Name	Price	Condition
GOLD-B	Cassowary	25.00	Excellent
GOLD-B	Balearic Crane White Stork	25.00	Excellent
GOLD-B	Dodo	Sold	Excellent
GOLD-B	Eagle	25.00	Excellent
GOLD-B	Ostrich	25.00	Excellent
GOLD-B	Birds of Paradise Guinea Hen	25.00	Excellent
GOLD-B	Pondicherry Eagle	25.00	Excellent
GOLD-B	Toucan Hoopoe Cackatoo	25.00	Excellent
GOLD-B	Tropical Birds & Nests	25.00	Excellent
GOLD-B	King of Vultures	35.00	Excellent