Rose and stamens
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
Botanical study of a rose in a glass vessel, with stamens, pollen and other reproductive details viewed under magnification.
Plate 77 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.LXXVII.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table LXXVII. Les Etamines de la Rose’ [The stamens of the rose].
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 77 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.LXXVII.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table LXXVII. Les Etamines de la Rose’ [The stamens of the rose].
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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