Shells in sand
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
Content object
Description
Studies of shells from micromolluscs retrieved from seaside sand viewed by microscope under magnification. Twenty-eight specimens (lettered b-z) with a detail (a) at normal size, to give scale.
Plate 4 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.IV’. Inscribed below: ‘M.F.Lederm. del. A.W.W. exc. Norib.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table IV. Du Sable de Mer ou de semence de Coquillage.’
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.
Plate 4 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.IV’. Inscribed below: ‘M.F.Lederm. del. A.W.W. exc. Norib.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table IV. Du Sable de Mer ou de semence de Coquillage.’
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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