Antique Print-SEA-SLUGS-SNAILS-NUDIBRANCH-Schleiden-1867

Subject: Antique print, titled: 'Nacktschnecken des Meeres.' - 9 Species of sea slugs and snails or Nudibranchs. Each of the species is identified 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 x 12.8 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 10.2 x 6.8 inch. The image size is ca. 7.5 x 5 inch.

Part Number: 52559

Location: C303-10

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

Artists and Engravers: 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.