PCT-21335

Antique Print of Benares by Meyer (c.1850)

  • Condition: Good. Some small stains in margin. General age-related toning and occasional light stains from handling. Please study image carefully.
  • Date: c.1850
  • Overall size: 26.6 x 18.6 cm.
  • Image size: 16.9 x12 cm.
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.. Antique Print of Benares by Meyer (c.1850)

Description: Plate : 'Benares in Bengalen, die heilige Stadt der Hindus'. (Benares / Varanasi in Bengal, India. The holy city of the Hindus. This original old antique print is taken from 'Meyer's Universum', published in Germany ca. 1850.

Artists and Engravers: Joseph Meyer (1796 - 1856) was a German industrialist and publisher, most noted for his encyclopedia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. He also published the world in pictures on steel engravings 'Meyers Universum', 1833-1861, 17 volumes in 12 languages with 80,000 subscribers all over Europe.