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Exotic Cicadas and Lanternflies, Antique Meyers Plate, circa 1910

$85.89
£63.87
€75VAT Included
CA$121.25
A$124.06
CHF 70.37
MX$1,590.19
NOK 807.01
SEK 841.16
DKK 571.84

About the Item

Exotic cicadas and lanternflies on passionflower foliage. This original antique natural history plate was printed in color by the Bibliographisches Institut for Meyers Grosses Konversations-Lexikon, the sixth edition of the great German encyclopedia, published in Leipzig and Vienna by the Bibliographisches Institut between 1906 and 1912, and it is lettered on the sheet with its German title, Auslaendische Zikaden. The plate shows the great tropical cicadas and the lanternflies with their inflated heads, set on passionflower leaves and tendrils. It carries the imprint of the house at the foot together with the article it belongs to, Zum Artikel Zikaden. The sixth edition of Meyers ran to more than twenty volumes and several hundred plates, and its colored plates were the showpiece of the whole undertaking. The Bibliographisches Institut had been founded in 1826 and by this date ran one of the largest lithographic printing works in Europe, with its own staff of draftsmen and its own color presses in Leipzig. The plates were drawn from specimens and from the collections of the day by named specialists, printed from a separate stone for each color, and bound in at the article they illustrate. That is why a Meyers plate holds its color so well after more than a century and why the fine lettering is still crisp. Encyclopedia plates of this quality are collected now for exactly the reason they were made, which is that they set out a subject completely and clearly on a single sheet. This one belongs to the German article Zikaden, and it is the kind of image that rewards close looking as well as working at a distance. The modest sheet size suits a simple frame with a wide mat, and plates from the same edition group very well because they share a format, a palette and a typeface. A pair or a group of three hung together in a study, a kitchen, a consulting room or a hallway reads as a deliberate collection rather than as a single decorative print. Even age toning. Scattered light foxing in the margin. Slight wear at the top right corner. This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 9.65 in (24.5 cm)Width: 6.3 in (16 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Paper
  • Place of Origin:
    Germany
  • Period:
    Early 20th Century
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1910
  • Condition:
    Even age toning. Scattered light foxing in the margin. Slight wear at the top right corner.
  • Seller Location:
    Langweer, NL
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: BG-12952-501stDibs: LU3054352951962

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