Antique Print-SEA ANEMONE-ACTINIARIA-Schleiden-1867

Subject: Antique print, titled: 'Seeanemonen (Actinien).' - Decorative plate with 17 species of Sea Anemone (Actiniaria). The specific species are named in a keyed list below the image.

Condition: Excellent, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Chromolithograph on wove paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 26 x 17.2 cm. The image size is ca. 19.3 x 12.1 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 10.2 x 6.8 inch. The image size is ca. 7.6 x 4.8 inch.

Part Number: 52550

Location: PCOX-C5-04

Description: "Das Meer" by Matthias Jakob Schleiden. Berlin: A. Sacco, 1867.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Le Brun' after 'P. Lackerbauer'. Author: Matthias Jakob Schleiden (1804-1881) was a German botanist and co-founder of the cell theory, along with Theodor Schwann and Rudolf Virchow. Schleiden was one of the first German biologists to accept Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.