Antique Prints-COAL FORMATION-FOSSILS-Meyers-1900

Original colour chromolithographs. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 15.8 x 23.8 cm. The image size is ca. 13 x 23 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 6.2 x 9.4 inch. The image size is ca. 5.1 x 9.1 inch.

Plate: Steinkohlenformation V. (Coal formation V). This plate shows different kinds of fossils from snails, spiders, salamander, mussels, found in coal fields. 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. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINTS-COAL FORMATION-FOSSILS-MEYERS

(PCOMAN) C26-29