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Vintage-Views Antique Prints and Maps :: Antique Prints :: Natural History :: Invertebrate Zoology-Insects-Entomology :: TERMITES, FALSCHNETZFLÜGLER, GERMAN ENTOMOLOGY PRINT,1894 Original Antique Wood Engraving

TERMITES, FALSCHNETZFLÜGLER, GERMAN ENTOMOLOGY PRINT,1894 Original Antique Wood Engraving

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Approx Image Size : 8 X 5 inches
Approx Overall Size with Margins: 6 x 9 1/2 inches

CONDITION: FULL PAGE PRINT - BLANK ON THE BACK. Excellent Condition. Image is clean, clear, sharp with beautiful detail. As scanned. Printed on cream color coated paper. This beautiful print would look great matted and framed. Or an art supply store can provide you with a selection of frames for old art treasures.

Termites, sometimes known as white ants, are a group of eusocial insects usually classified at the taxonomic rank of order, Isoptera. Termites feed on wood and other dead plant material, and several species are economically important as pests that can cause serious structural damage to buildings. Termites are also significant in subtropical and tropical regions, where they help recycle wood and other plant matter. Around 2,750 species have been described so far. (wikipedia)

PRINT shows the following Falschnetzflügler:
- Eintagsfliege with their last Häutung together with larva
- Wood louse (Psocus lineatus)
- Males of the Eintagsfliege (Ephemera vulgata)
- Grain blister foot (Thrips cerealium)
- Zweischwänzige bank fly (Perla bicaudata)
- Females of the common bank carrion (Palingenia horaria)
- Terrible termite (term dirus)

Wood engraving is, simply, the craft, or technique, of engraving, using the medium of wood. This was the earliest type of engraving. The original method — which is more precisely termed wood cutting, since it used a knife rather than engraving tools — was developed around 1400. The outlines of the design to be engraved were put down on a side of smooth-grained wood, and, usually with a knife, the excess surface of the wood block (all but the lines) would be cut away, a process called blocking. This left a set of raised wooden lines on the face of the block. In order make a print of this engraving, thick ink was applied to the raised design. This is known as a relief. Finally, a sheet of paper (or other material) was pressed firmly against the wood in order to assure that all the lines printed. This method led directly to the development of the printing press, and the 1453 introduction of a press using movable type by Johann Gutenberg.

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