34 ANTIQUE PRINTS, 1890

The following assortment of 34 antique prints were published in the Encyclopedia Britannica, Ninth Edition, of 1890; each print indicates the Volume and Plate numbers:

1. Flags of 31 countries;

2. 2 Gunnery prints;

3. From engravings of Glass Manufactory industry;

4. Map of the Coal Fields of Great Britain;

5. Topographical Map of Mt Etna in Sicily produced by W. and A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh and London;

6. 2 plates of drawings showing varieties of Coleoptra;

7. 23 plates of flora and fauna;

8. Plate I of Vol III showing all the sea currents in the Atlantic Ocean, lithography by W. and A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh and London;

9. Plate XXXVI of Vol. IV, showing plans and sections of the Caledonian, Amsterdam, and Suez Canals, by J. Bartholomew, Edin;

10. Plate X of Vol. II, Architecture, showing The Temple of Minerva, Parthenon at Athens, in its present state, and second after proposed Restoration, from highly detailed engravings by W. Howison, Edin. from architectural drawings by W.W. Jenkins, Esq.; William Howison (1798-1850), was a Scottish engraver of note in the early 19th century; the latter’s death indicates that this rare print dates from an original engraving in the first half of the 19th century

Presented in fair to good condition with no tears in images, showing centre page fold and peripheral age toning - image sizes various