Thistle
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 (print): 245mm
width (print): 195mm
width (print): 195mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Study of a thistle, showing its flower bud, bracts and leaves, alongside one bract and one strand of pappus hair as viewed under magnification.
Inscribed above: ‘TAB. LXXXIX.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Les Parties Microscopiques les plus remarquables du Chardon’ [‘The Most Remarkable Microscopic Parts of the Thistle’]. The author remarks: ‘Il a nombre de parties tres dignes d'attention, & il est du moins d'aussi belle Apparance, surtout sous le Microscope, qu'il est en lui meme utile a l'Homme.’ [‘It has many parts very worthy of attention, & it is at least as beautiful in appearance, especially under the microscope, as it is in itself useful to man.’]
Plate 89 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).
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.
Inscribed above: ‘TAB. LXXXIX.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Les Parties Microscopiques les plus remarquables du Chardon’ [‘The Most Remarkable Microscopic Parts of the Thistle’]. The author remarks: ‘Il a nombre de parties tres dignes d'attention, & il est du moins d'aussi belle Apparance, surtout sous le Microscope, qu'il est en lui meme utile a l'Homme.’ [‘It has many parts very worthy of attention, & it is at least as beautiful in appearance, especially under the microscope, as it is in itself useful to man.’]
Plate 89 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).
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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