Anatomy of Forskalia
Date
1853
Creator
Adolf Sauer (German) , Lithographer
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Object type
Library reference
RCN47172
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 377mm
width (print): 272mm
width (print): 272mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Anatomical studies of the marine siphonophore Forskalia edwardsii a pelagic colony of zooids. Eleven figures of structural details, including a juvenile (figure 11).
Plate 2 from the book Die schwimmpolypen oder siphonophoren von Messina by Albert Kölliker (Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1853)
Inscribed above: ‘Tab.II’. Inscribed below: ‘E. Bittinger u. C.Kahlbaum del. Lith. Anst. v. Emil Wilhelmi in Lpzg. A. Sauer. Forskalia Edwardsii Köll.’
Albert von Kölliker (1817-1905) Swiss anatomist and physiologist was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1860.
Plate 2 from the book Die schwimmpolypen oder siphonophoren von Messina by Albert Kölliker (Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1853)
Inscribed above: ‘Tab.II’. Inscribed below: ‘E. Bittinger u. C.Kahlbaum del. Lith. Anst. v. Emil Wilhelmi in Lpzg. A. Sauer. Forskalia Edwardsii Köll.’
Albert von Kölliker (1817-1905) Swiss anatomist and physiologist was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1860.
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