Antique Print-INSECT-TERMITE HILL-EMOE-DEER-Brehm-1892

Price: € 29,50

Subject: Plate: 'Termitenhugel in Sennar (Feedingsstuff hill in Sennar).' This plates shows termite feeding hill in Sennar with gazelle and emoes in the background.

Condition: Fine. General age related toning and occasional light staining from handling as visible on image.

Medium: Wood engraving on a vellin type paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 17 x 25 cm. The image size is ca. 19 x 14.5 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 6.7 x 9.8 inch. The image size is ca. 7.5 x 5.7 inch.

Part Number: 11926

Location: C109-23

Description: This attractive original old antique print / plate originates from: 'Brehms Tierleben' (English title: Brehm's Life of Animals) is a reference book, first published in the 1864, which made its author, Alfred Edmund Brehm, known around the world. This plate is from a 1892 or 1900 edition.

Artists and Engravers: The author Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829-1884), was a German zoologist, natural history illustrator and writer, the son of Christian Ludwig Brehm. Through the book titled 'Brehms Tierleben', his name became a synonym for popular zoological literature. Engraved by X.J. v. K. Jahrmargt after R. Hartmann von G. Mutzel.