Print Description
Plate: Meeresfauna I. (Marine fauna I). This plate shows different kinds of Jellyfish and Octopus who live in the sea. This print from the fifth edition of Meyers’ Konversationslexikon.
Made by an anonymous engraver after Joseph Meyer.
Medium: Chromolithograph on veilin type paper.
Sheet size: 16 x 24.5 cm (6.3 x 9.65 inch). Image size: 13 x 22 cm. (5.12 x 8.66 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Very good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
JELLYFISH-OCTOPUS-SEA-MEERESFAUNA-PLATE I | PCOMAN-C26-8/9
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
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.
Biography engraver: The original founder and publisher who initiated this famous encyclopedia was Joseph Meyer (1796-1856, Hildburghausen, Germany).
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