Antique Prints-LIQUID CRYSTALS-Oosthoek-1916

Subject: Plate: Vloeibare kristallen. (Flussige kristalle, Liquid crystals). This plate shows different kinds of Liquid crystals, Liquid crystals (LCs) are a state of matter that have properties between those of a conventional liquid and those of a solid crystal.

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 24.5 cm. The image size is ca. 13 x 22 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 6.3 x 9.6 inch. The image size is ca. 5.1 x 8.7 inch.

Part Number: 13286

Location: (PCOMAN) C28-17

Description: This original print originates from the first edition of the Oosthoek encyclopedia. This Dutch encyclopedia was published 1916-1923. It was based on the famous Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. 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).