Insect larva and water flea
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
Two studies of freshwater pond life. Figure 1, magnified image of an insect larvae, a variety of midge, Diptera, including details of head and tail. With a sequence of figures illustrating the insect’s movement and a circled inset image of the larva at natural size. Figure 2 shows a variety of water flea, Daphia, under magnification, with details and an image of specimens at natural size.
Plate 75 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.LXXV.’ Inscribed below: ‘M. F. Lederm. del. A. W. W. excud. Nrb.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table LXXV. Fig.1. L’Arlequin, Insecte d’Eau marecageuse…Fig. 2 Le Puceron Verd ou le Monocle.’ [The harlequin, an insect of marshy water…the green aphid or monocle].
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 75 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.LXXV.’ Inscribed below: ‘M. F. Lederm. del. A. W. W. excud. Nrb.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table LXXV. Fig.1. L’Arlequin, Insecte d’Eau marecageuse…Fig. 2 Le Puceron Verd ou le Monocle.’ [The harlequin, an insect of marshy water…the green aphid or monocle].
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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