Antique Print-POST-MAIL DELIVERY-COURIER-Larousse-1897

Price: € 44,50

Subject: Plate :'Poste'. (Post / Mail). This plate deals with the history of mail delivery.

Condition: Excellent. General age related toning and occasional light staining from handling. Irregular left paper edge from binding. Attached to black carrier to limit Shine through of rear text.

Medium: Lithograph.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 22.5 x 30 cm. The image size is ca. 20 x 28 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 8.9 x 11.8 inch. The image size is ca. 7.9 x 11 inch.

Part Number: 22593

Location: A124-30

Description: This lithographic print originates from: 'Nouveau Larousse Illustre en sept volumes.', Directeur Claude Auge, Paris, published 1897-1904, with a supplement addedin 1907. The Nouveau Larousse illustre (New Larousse Illustrated) was an illustrated French language encyclopedia published by Larousse between 1897-1904, in 7 volumes and a supplement. It was essentially a scaled-down version of the 'Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siÃ¨cle.' (Great universal dictionary of the 19th century) of Pierre Larousse, but updated and written in a more neutral, scientific style under the editorship of Claude Auge.

Artists and Engravers: Pierre Larousse (1817-1875). Claude Auge (1854-1924). Plate by Vignerot Demoulin after H. Chartier.