Antique Prints-LICHEN-ALGA-FUNGUS-Plate I-Meyers-1900

Original colour chromolithographs. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 24.5 x 16 cm. The image size is ca. 13.5 x 21 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 9.6 x 6.3 inch. The image size is ca. 5.3 x 8.3 inch.

Plate: Flechten I. (Lichen I). This plate shows a different kind of Lichens , Lichens are composite organisms consisting of a symbiotic association of a fungus (the mycobiont) with a photosynthetic partner (the photobiont or phycobiont), usually either a green alga (commonly Trebouxia) or cyanobacterium (commonly Nostoc). 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 PRINTS-LICHEN-ALGA-FUNGUS-PLATE I-MEYERS

(PCOMAN) C28-26