Antique Map-ALSACE LORRAINE-ELSASS-GERMANY-Meyers-1895

Subject: Map: 'Elsass-Lothringen.' (Map of Elsass-Lothringen / Alsace Lorraine, Germany.) We carry slightly different maps from different editions. Please inquire.

Condition: Very good. Original middle fold, as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Chromolithograph on a wove (vellin) type paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 24.4 x 30.9 cm. The image size is ca. 21.4 x 27.1 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 9.4 x 12 inch. The image size is ca. 8.3 x 11 inch.

Part Number: 17113

Location: (PCOMAN) A176-11

Description: This attractive original old antique print / plate / map originates from 1885-1907 editions of a famous German encyclopedia: 'Meyers grosses Konversations-Lexikon.', 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. Several of the plates were also used in Dutch Encyclopedia's like Winkler Prins.

Artists and Engravers: The original founder and publisher who initiated this famous enxyclopedia was Joseph Meyer (1796-1856, Hildburghausen, Germany).