Pear leaf structure
1764
Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt (1733 - 1796, German) , Engraver
Martin Frobene Ledermuller (1719 - 1769, German) , Naturalist
48660
height (print): 245mm
width (print): 195mm
width (print): 195mm
Study of the structure of an Autumnal pear leaf viewed by microscope, under magnification. With a circled inset detail showing the whole leaf.
Plate 42 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.XLII.’
The accompanying text is headed ‘Table XLII. Un peu de la Carcasse d’une Feuille de Poirier.’ [A piece of dead pear leaf].
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 42 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.XLII.’
The accompanying text is headed ‘Table XLII. Un peu de la Carcasse d’une Feuille de Poirier.’ [A piece of dead pear leaf].
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.