Hydra
Date
1766
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 (page): 245mm
width (page): 195mm
width (page): 195mm
Subject
Description
Studies of freshwater hydra of various types, viewed under magnification. The author categorises them by colour only (figures e-l, variously green, brown, pink and yellow). With an observational arrangement consisting of a clear glass jar and an articulated single-lens microscope
Plate 67 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, 1766).
Inscribed above: ‘TAB.LXVII.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table LXVII. Les Polypes à Bras’ [Polypes with arms]. In the accompanying text, the author summarises the work of previous observers, including Abraham Trembley.
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 67 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, 1766).
Inscribed above: ‘TAB.LXVII.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table LXVII. Les Polypes à Bras’ [Polypes with arms]. In the accompanying text, the author summarises the work of previous observers, including Abraham Trembley.
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.
Associated place