Goldsmith's Animated Nature Free Public Domain Animal and Geographical Prints

Oliver Goldsmith was a novelist, poet and journalist. In 1774 he published a work of natural history: “A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature" in eight volumes with the aim of bringing together a history of the earth with descriptions of its geographical features and many of its species. We have purchased two separate 19th century editions of this fascinating work for you to enjoy. Presenting original vintage images of colored engravings of living creatures all for free to download under the Creative Commons 0 license.