Antique Print-WORLD MAP-MAGNETISM-Meyers-1895

Subject: Antique print, titled: ''Erdmagnetismus II.'' - (Map of the Earth''s magnetism.)

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

Medium: Chromolithograph on wove (vellin) paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 15.5 x 24.2 cm. The image size is ca. 12.4 x 21.5 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 6.1 x 9.5 inch. The image size is ca. 4.9 x 8.5 inch.

Part Number: 64430

Location: (PCOMAN) A171-12

Description: This original antique map originates from a 1885-1907 edition of a famous German encyclopedia: 'Meyers grosses Konversations-Lexikon', published in Leipzig and Vienna. Meyers Konversations-Lexikon was a major German encyclopedia that existed in various editions from 1839 until 1984, when it merged with the Brockhaus encyclopedia. Several of the plates were also used in Dutch Encyclopedia's like Winkler Prins.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Joseph Meyer' after an anonymous artist. The original founder and publisher who initiated this famous enxyclopedia was Joseph Meyer (1796-1856, Hildburghausen, Germany).