Antique Print-BUTTERFLY II-CATERPILLARS-PUPA-Meyers-1893

Original colour chromo-lithographs. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 30.5 x 24 cm. The image size is ca. 26 x 21 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 12 x 9.4 inch. The image size is ca. 10.2 x 8.3 inch.

Plate: waldverderber, spinner (forest destroyer, spinner). This plate shows 6 different kinds of butterflies, including pupa’s, caterpillars an butterflies. This attractive original old antique print / plate originates from a famous German encyclopedia: ‘Meyers grosses Konversations-Lexikon.’ ca. 1900 edition, published in Leipzig and Vienna. Meyers Konversations-Lexikon was a major German encyclopedia that existed in various editions from 1839 until 1984, when it merged with the Brockhaus encyclopedia.Artists and Engravers: The original founder and publisher who initiated this famous enxyclopedia was Joseph Meyer (1796-1856, Hildburghausen, Germany).

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

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-BUTTERFLY II-CATERPILLARS-PUPA-MEYERS

(PCOMAN) A136-16