Antique Prints-COAL FORMATION-ZWICKAU-Meyers-1900

Subject: Plate: Steinkohlenformation VI. (Coal formation VI). This plate shows the geological profile through the coal field of Zwickau.

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

Medium: Original colour chromolithographs.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 24.5 x 16 cm. The image size is ca. 21 x 14.5 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 9.6 x 6.3 inch. The image size is ca. 8.3 x 5.7 inch.

Part Number: 13298

Location: (PCOMAN) C26-28

Description: This attractive original old antique print / plate originates from a famous German encyclopedia: 'Meyers grosses Konversations-Lexikon.' ca. 1900 edition, 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.

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