Antique print-NATURAL HISTORY-CRYSTALLOGRAPHY-ADAMANTINE-FELSPAR-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. 16.5 x 21.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.3 x 10.6 inch. The image size is ca. 6.5 x 8.5 inch.

Part Crystallography. Plate I titled: Adamantine Spar, Felspar. It shows: A total of 18 figures of crystal and rock forms. 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 Wilson 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-CRYSTALLOGRAPHY-ADAMANTINE-FELSPAR-REES

(PCO) C228-19