‘Athorybia rosacea’
Date
1853
Creator
Adolf Sauer (German) , Lithographer
After
A Dehler (German) , Illustrator
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 Athorybia rosacea, a pelagic colony of zooids. Eleven structural figures, including a main study of the whole colony (figure 1) described as ‘einmal vergrößert’ (again enlarged). With corresponding anatomical details (figures 2-11).
Plate 7 from the book Die schwimmpolypen oder siphonophoren von Messina by Albert Kölliker (Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1853)
Inscribed above: ‘Tab.VII’. Inscribed below: ‘A Dehler del. Lith. Anst. v. Emil Wilhelmi in Lpzg. A. Sauer sculp. Athorybia rosacea.’
Albert von Kölliker (1817-1905) Swiss anatomist and physiologist was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1860.
Plate 7 from the book Die schwimmpolypen oder siphonophoren von Messina by Albert Kölliker (Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1853)
Inscribed above: ‘Tab.VII’. Inscribed below: ‘A Dehler del. Lith. Anst. v. Emil Wilhelmi in Lpzg. A. Sauer sculp. Athorybia rosacea.’
Albert von Kölliker (1817-1905) Swiss anatomist and physiologist was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1860.
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