Antique Map-RHINELAND-GERMANY-LUXEMBOURG-Meyers-1895

Subject: Map: 'Rheinland und Luxemburg.' (Map of Rheinland / Rhineland and Luxembourg, Germany.) We carry slightly different maps from different editions. Please inquire.

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

Medium: Original colour lithographs.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 24.5 x 30.8 cm. The image size is ca. 20.8 x 27.3 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 9.6 x 12.1 inch. The image size is ca. 8.2 x 10.7 inch.

Part Number: 17099

Location: (PCOMAN) A176-26

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).