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
The tongue as seen by the naked eye from below, Fig. G., and above, Fig. K., and viewed by microscope., Fig. H., J., L.
Inscribed above: ‘TAB. XCVI.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Conclusion des Observations sur la Langue’ [‘Conclusions on Observations of the Tongue’]. The author remarks: ‘Apres avoir fait voir par dehors la peau aux papilles de la langue, autant que l'espace la pu permettre; qu'il me soit permis de la montrer par dedans, en quoi elle ne donnera pas un Spectale moins agreable a voir’ [‘Having shown the skin to the papillae of the tongue, as far as space allowed; allow me to show it from below, in which it will not be less of a spectacle’].
Plate 96 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. XCVI.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Conclusion des Observations sur la Langue’ [‘Conclusions on Observations of the Tongue’]. The author remarks: ‘Apres avoir fait voir par dehors la peau aux papilles de la langue, autant que l'espace la pu permettre; qu'il me soit permis de la montrer par dedans, en quoi elle ne donnera pas un Spectale moins agreable a voir’ [‘Having shown the skin to the papillae of the tongue, as far as space allowed; allow me to show it from below, in which it will not be less of a spectacle’].
Plate 96 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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