Antique Print-SOUTH AMERICA-INCA-MAYA-ANTIQUITIES-Meyers-1893

Subject: Plate: 'Amerikanische Altertumer I.' (American Antiquities.) This plate shows several American antiquities (Mummies, sculptures, jewelery, masks, urn etc.) from Peru, Mexico, Colombia.

Condition: Fine. General age related toning and occasional light staining from handling as visible on image.

Medium: Original chromolithograph on a vellin type paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 16 x 24 cm. The image size is ca. 12.5 x 21 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 6.3 x 9.4 inch. The image size is ca. 4.9 x 8.3 inch.

Part Number: 18282

Location: (PCOMAN) C60-04

Description: This original print originates from the fifth edition of Meyers' Konversationslexikon. This famous German encyclopedia was published 1893-1901. Meyers Konversations-Lexikon was a major German encyclopedia that existed in various editions from 1839 until 1984, when it merged with the Brockhaus encyclopedia. The same prints were used for similar publications, such as Brockhaus' encyclopedia, and the Dutch encyclopedias of Oosthoek and Winkler Prins.

Artists and Engravers: The original founder and publisher who initiated this famous encyclopedia was Joseph Meyer (1796-1856, Hildburghausen, Germany).