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Description: This attractive original old antique print / plate originates from: 'Brehms Tierleben' (English title: Brehm's Life of Animals) is a reference book, first published in the 1864, which made its author, Alfred Edmund Brehm, known around the world. This plate is from a 1892 or 1900 edition.
Artists and Engravers: The author Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829-1884), was a German zoologist, natural history illustrator and writer, the son of Christian Ludwig Brehm. Through the book titled 'Brehms Tierleben', his name became a synonym for popular zoological literature.
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Subject: Plate: 'Eierlegende Schlankjungfer. Egg-laying damselfly.' This plates shows damselflies laying eggs, nymphs, dragonflies, Sagittaria sagittifolia, water lily.
Condition: Good. A few stains in margin, not affecting image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 17.5 x 25.2 cm. The image size is ca. 13.4 x 21 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 6.7 x 9.9 inch. The image size is ca. 5.3 x 8.6 inch.
Medium: Original colour lithograph on wove paper.
Location: C109-22
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