Silk moth antenna
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
Study of the antenna of the silk moth, Bombyx mori, under magnification, with an inset detail of the antenna at actual size.
Plate 76 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.LXXVI.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table LXXVI. Une Antene de Papillon de Ver a Soie & les Animaux Spermatiques de ce Papillon’ [A silkworm butterfly’s antenna and this butterfly’s sperm animals].
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 76 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.LXXVI.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table LXXVI. Une Antene de Papillon de Ver a Soie & les Animaux Spermatiques de ce Papillon’ [A silkworm butterfly’s antenna and this butterfly’s sperm animals].
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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