Antique Prints-BACTERIA-BACILLUS ANTHRACIS-Brockhaus-1894

Chromolithograph on a wove (vellin) type paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 16.4 x 25.2 cm. The image size is ca. 13.5 x 22.3 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 6.5 x 9.9 inch. The image size is ca. 5.3 x 8.8 inch.

Plate: Bakterien. (Bacteria). This plate shows several kind of Bacteria, (Streptococcus pyogenes, Bacillus anthracis, Typhoid fever). This attractive original old antique print / plate originates from a famous German encyclopedia: ‘Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon, 14. Auf.’, 1894 edition, published in Leipzig. Brockhaus was a major German encyclopedia that existed in various editions from 1808 on. In 1984 it merged with Meyers encyclopedia. Artists and Engravers: The original founder and publisher who initiated this famous enxyclopedia was Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus (1772-1823), a German encyclopedia publisher and editor, famed for publishing the Conversations-Lexikon, which is now published as the Brockhaus encyclopedia. Some of the plates were also published in the Dutch Winkler Prins Encyclopedia.

Condition: Excellent, given age. Remains of paper from previous attachment on rear. General age-related toning or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINTS-BACTERIA-BACILLUS ANTHRACIS-MEYERS

(PCOMAN) C28-05