Antique Print-ADDER-VIPER-EUROPEAN-BERUS-Brehm-1892

Price: € 62,50

Subject: Plate: Kreuzoffer (Vipera berus, common European adder, common European viper).

Condition: Good, given age. Foxing in margin, not affecting image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Wood engraving on a vellin type paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 17.4 x 25.1 cm. The image size is ca. 13.2 x 21 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 6.9 x 9.9 inch. The image size is ca. 5.2 x 8.3 inch.

Part Number: 11911

Location: C108-36

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 G. Mutzel.