Leaf surface
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
Two studies of structural details of a pear leaf, viewed by microscope, under magnification. With a circled inset detail of the specimen at natural size.
Plate 46 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.XLVI.’ Inscribed below: ‘M.F.L. del. A.W.W. excud.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table XLVI. Un petit Bout de la Peau du Dessus d’une Feuille de Poirier.’ [A small piece of tissue on top of a 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 46 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.XLVI.’ Inscribed below: ‘M.F.L. del. A.W.W. excud.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table XLVI. Un petit Bout de la Peau du Dessus d’une Feuille de Poirier.’ [A small piece of tissue on top of a 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.