Displays the beginning of the 20th century vintage Paul Pfurtscheller "worm"

Wall table on a large scale of the anatomy of the «Lumbricus "(earthworm).» Lithograph on 2 sheets of paper, mounted on canvas. Bright colors, a few folds and rigidity, but overall good condition considering its age and use. Author and Illustrator was Professor Paul Pfurtscheller. Pfurtscheller (1855-1927) produced a series of 39 'Beaitifull Wandtafeln' (Zoological wall plates) to be used for higher education purposes. Although he was a high school teacher in modest training he won the recognition by the scientific community in the world for this outstanding work. The worm is "Plate 33" in the series. Pfurtscheller wall paintings were first published in Vienna, Austria, in 1902, by 'widow & Sohn of A. Pichler. Later editions were published by the Dutch company "Martinus Nijhoff" until 1953. This article was published by "Martinus Nijhoff" probably in the 1920s. Nice use of colors and it is still one of the editions on all sides, while later editions used offset printing. Of course, lithography is an extremely demanding technique - especially at this large scale - which required 15 to 20 cycles of manual printing for a single piece, because each color should be applied separately. These colors of course should not be to ride in the end. This process is giving lithographs their extraordinary depth and unusual longevity to their colors.

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