Antique Print-SOGNEFJORD-FRITHIOFS BAUTA-NORWAY-Meyer-1850

Price: € 42,50

Subject: Plate : 'Frithiofs Bauta Sogne Fjord in Norwegen'. This plate shows the Sognefjord. The Sognefjord (or Sognefjorden) is the largest fjord in Norway, and the second longest in the world. Located in Sogn og Fjordane county, it stretches 205 kilometres inland to the small village of Skjolden.
Condition: Good; General age related toning as visible on scan. Please study scan carefully.
Medium: Engraving on a vellin type paper. Rear blank. Print originates from book / atlas. 100% authentic.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 27 x 18 cm. The image size is ca. 16 x 11.5 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 10.6 x 7.1 inch. The image size is ca. 6.3 x 4.5 inch.
Part Number: 24852
Location: C112-46
Description: This original old antique print is taken from 'Meyer's Universum', published in Germany ca. 1850.

Artists and Engravers: Joseph Meyer (1796 - 1856) was a German industrialist and publisher, most noted for his encyclopedia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. He also published the world in pictures on steel engravings 'Meyers Universum', 1833–61, 17 volumes in 12 languages with 80,000 subscribers all over Europe.