{"product_id":"fossil-specimens-hardcover-journal-matte-botanical-fossil-notebook","title":"Friedrich Rolle Fossil Specimens Journal — 1886 Paleontology Chromolithograph Notebook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fossil is time made visible. In 1886, the German paleontologist Friedrich Rolle — a student of Louis Agassiz and one of the first German scientists to engage seriously with Darwin’s evolutionary framework — produced a series of chromolithograph plates of fossil specimens for Schubert’s \u003cstrong\u003eNaturgeschichte\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of the great natural history encyclopaedias of the nineteenth century. The plates show prehistoric shells, ammonites, and marine fossils of the Mesozoic era with the precision of a scientific document and the chromatic richness that only the chromolithograph technique could achieve: the characteristic spiral ribbing of the ammonites, the delicate branching of coral specimens, the subtle surface textures of bivalve shells — each one a portrait of a creature that lived 150 million years ago, in a sea that no longer exists.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis journal carries those 1886 plates across its full wraparound cover. They are images that invite the viewer to think about time on a geological scale — to imagine the Mesozoic seas in which these creatures lived, to feel the weight of deep time that every fossil carries. For Rolle, the fossil record was not merely a collection of curiosities but the primary evidence for the history of life on Earth: documents of evolutionary change, preserved in stone, waiting to be read.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Hardcover journal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 150 lined pages (75 sheets) with perforations for easy removal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBinding: Casewrap sewn binding — flexible and lay-flat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 5.75 × 8 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 100 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCover: Matte laminated full-wrap print\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllustrations: Friedrich Rolle, fossil specimens — chromolithograph plates (1886)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSource: Schubert’s \u003cem\u003eNaturgeschichte\u003c\/em\u003e, 1886\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePerfect For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaleontologists and fossil collectors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeology and natural history enthusiasts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVictorian scientific illustration lovers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvolutionary biology admirers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnyone who appreciates 19th-century chromolithograph illustration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA beautiful gift for those who think in deep time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Story Behind the Plates\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paleontologist who drew these fossils, the encyclopaedia that published them, and what it means to read the history of life in stone — \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/new-old-time\/friedrich-rolle-1886-fossil-specimens-schubert-naturgeschichte-chromolithograph\"\u003eread the full story on our blog →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LeBonJournal","offers":[{"title":"Journal","offer_id":62825804104049,"sku":"17874260560681960943","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/5367\/0769\/files\/Friedrich_Rolle_1886_Fossil_Specimens_Journal_on_Rocky_Outcrop.png?v=1778437832","url":"https:\/\/lebonjournal.com\/products\/fossil-specimens-hardcover-journal-matte-botanical-fossil-notebook","provider":"LeBonJournal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}