Antique print-NATURAL HISTORY-MINING-MINERALOGY-SHAFT-PULLEY-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. 19.5 x 21.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.3 x 10.6 inch. The image size is ca. 7.7 x 8.5 inch.

Part Mineralogy. Plate Mining, Plate I. It shows: 10 figures of mine shafts, pulley systems and shaft openings. 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: Very good, given age, left edge cropped short, barely affecting image. General age-related toning and mild foxing. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-NATURAL HISTORY-MINING-MINERALOGY-SHAFT-PULLEY-REES

(PCO) C228-14