Sand globules
Date
1766
Creator
Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt (1733 - 1796, German) , Engraver
After
Martin Frobene Ledermuller (1719 - 1769, German) , Naturalist
Object type
Library reference
48660
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 245mm
width (print): 195mm
width (print): 195mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Engraved depiction of several ‘globules’ of sand, g), placed on a stand underneath a single-lens magnifying glass d).
Inscribed above: ‘TAB. LXXXVI’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Singularite du sable du mer au de coquillage’ [‘Singularity of sea sand with a shell’]. The author explains that ‘ne pouvant rien distinguer a cause de leur petitesse je le mis sur la petite table sous mon verre oeconomique, ou, si l'on veut, ma loupe, designee ici Fig. d)’ [‘not being able to distinguish anything because of their smallness I put it on the small table under my economic glass, or, if you will, my magnifying glass, designated here Fig. d)’].
Plate 86 from Amusement microscopique, tant pour l'esprit que pour les yeux, contenant... estampes... d'apres nature...by Martin Frobene Ledermuller, plates volume (Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt, Nuremburg, 1764).
Martin Frobene [Frobenius] Ledermuller (1719-1769) German naturalist was employed in various capacities as a notary, turning to microscope studies after an illness induced temporary deafness.
Inscribed above: ‘TAB. LXXXVI’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Singularite du sable du mer au de coquillage’ [‘Singularity of sea sand with a shell’]. The author explains that ‘ne pouvant rien distinguer a cause de leur petitesse je le mis sur la petite table sous mon verre oeconomique, ou, si l'on veut, ma loupe, designee ici Fig. d)’ [‘not being able to distinguish anything because of their smallness I put it on the small table under my economic glass, or, if you will, my magnifying glass, designated here Fig. d)’].
Plate 86 from Amusement microscopique, tant pour l'esprit que pour les yeux, contenant... estampes... d'apres nature...by Martin Frobene Ledermuller, plates volume (Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt, Nuremburg, 1764).
Martin Frobene [Frobenius] Ledermuller (1719-1769) German naturalist was employed in various capacities as a notary, turning to microscope studies after an illness induced temporary deafness.
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