Tongue
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
Description
Study of the tongue of a cow showing the spread of lingual papillae over its surface, Fig. D. Fig. E.; the ligaments and nerves beneath the tongue’s surface, Fig. F., and individual papilla, No. I. and No. II.
Inscribed above: ‘TAB. XCV.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Continuation des Observations faites sur la Langue de Boeuf’ [‘Continuation of Observations made on Beef Tongue’].
Plate 95 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. XCV.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Continuation des Observations faites sur la Langue de Boeuf’ [‘Continuation of Observations made on Beef Tongue’].
Plate 95 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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