Crystals from wines
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
Two studies of crystal formations (‘Spicula salis’) from varieties of wine viewed by microscope. Figure 1 (top) shows crystals from a burgundy. Figure 2 (bottom) shows crystals from a Schweinfort vintage wine.
Plate 43 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.XLIII.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table XLIII. Figure 1. Particules de Sel du Vin de Bourgogne.’ [salt grains from Burgundy wine] and ‘Figure 2. Particules de Sel du Vin de Franconie’ [salt grains from Franconia wine].
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 43 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.XLIII.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table XLIII. Figure 1. Particules de Sel du Vin de Bourgogne.’ [salt grains from Burgundy wine] and ‘Figure 2. Particules de Sel du Vin de Franconie’ [salt grains from Franconia wine].
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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