Butterfly wing
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
Study of a butterfly wing viewed by microscope, under magnification. With an inset detail showing the insect’s wing at normal size, to give scale.
Plate 13 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.XIII.’ Inscribed below: ‘M.F. Lederm. del. A.W.W. exc. Nor.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table XIII. L’Aile entière d’un Papillon.’ The author comments that: ‘Après avoir réprésenté dans la Tab IX les seules plumes du Papillon; je crois faire plaisir aux Lecteurs, de leur en mettre ici devant les Yeux les Couches sur toute une Aile. [After having represented in Tab IX only the scales of the Butterfly I think to please the readers by putting before their eyes the layers of the whole wing].
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 13 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.XIII.’ Inscribed below: ‘M.F. Lederm. del. A.W.W. exc. Nor.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table XIII. L’Aile entière d’un Papillon.’ The author comments that: ‘Après avoir réprésenté dans la Tab IX les seules plumes du Papillon; je crois faire plaisir aux Lecteurs, de leur en mettre ici devant les Yeux les Couches sur toute une Aile. [After having represented in Tab IX only the scales of the Butterfly I think to please the readers by putting before their eyes the layers of the whole wing].
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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