Frog dissection
Date
1764
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
Description
Anatomical study of a frog dissected and displayed on a decorated stand. With three details of the reptile’s lung and blood vessels viewed by microscope under various magnifications.
Plate 1 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).
Inscribed above: ‘TAB.I.’ Inscribed below: ‘M.F.Lederm. del. A.W.Winterschmidt excud. Norimb.’
Martin Frobene [Frobenius] Ledermuller (1719-1769) German naturalist and draughtsman worked in various capacities as a notary, turning to microscope studies after an illness induced temporary deafness.
Plate 1 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).
Inscribed above: ‘TAB.I.’ Inscribed below: ‘M.F.Lederm. del. A.W.Winterschmidt excud. Norimb.’
Martin Frobene [Frobenius] Ledermuller (1719-1769) German naturalist and draughtsman worked in various capacities as a notary, turning to microscope studies after an illness induced temporary deafness.
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