Antique print-NATURAL HISTORY-GEOLOGY-MINING-COAL-MINERAL-MARBLE-Rees-1820

Original etching/engraving on a velin type watermarked paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 21 x 27 cm. The image size is ca. 18 x 23 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.3 x 10.6 inch. The image size is ca. 7.1 x 9.1 inch.

Part Geology. Plate IIII. It shows: 1. Metallic Veins, 2. Columnar and amorphous Basalt intersected by Basaltic Dykes, 3. Intersection of Metallic Veins, 4. Limestone Broken and inclosed in Basalt, 5. Whinstone Dykes or Basaltic Veins passing through Chalk and Changing it into Marble, 6. Plan of a Coal Mine and Mode of Ventilating. This original antique print originates from Rees’ ‘The Cyclopaedia. or, Universal Dictionary opf Arts, Sciences and Literature’. This important 19th-century encyclopedic work was published in serialized form from 1802 to 1820. The entire Cyclopaedia consisted of 39 volumes of text, 5 volumes of plates and an atlas.Artists and Engravers: Engraved by Lowry after Sydenham Teast Edwards.

Condition: Excellent, given age. General age-related toning and mild foxing. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-NATURAL HISTORY-GEOLOGY-MINING-COAL-MINERAL-MARBLE-REES

(PCO) C228-18