Antique Map-SOUTH AMERICA-BRAZIL-URUGUAY-Brockhaus-1894

Original colour lithographs. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 25 x 31 cm. The image size is ca. 22.5 x 28 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 9.8 x 12.2 inch. The image size is ca. 8.9 x 11 inch.

We carry slightly different maps from different editions. Please inquire. This plate shows glass sponges. 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.

Condition: Excellent. General age related toning and occasional light staining from handling as visible on image.

Keywords: ANTIQUE MAP-SOUTH AMERICA-BRAZIL-URUGUAY-MEYERS

(PCOMAN) A170-09