Coffee
Date
1768
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 depicting various stages in the coffee bean’s life cycle, namely germination, sprout and seedling.
Inscribed above: ‘TAB: X.’
Inscribed below: ‘M. F. L. del. A. W. W. sculps en exc’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘La peinture de Mr. le Syndic Klein, par laquelle il represente le cru du café’ [‘The painting by Mr. Le Syndic Klein, in which he represents the vintage of coffee’].
Plate 10 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, 1768).
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: X.’
Inscribed below: ‘M. F. L. del. A. W. W. sculps en exc’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘La peinture de Mr. le Syndic Klein, par laquelle il represente le cru du café’ [‘The painting by Mr. Le Syndic Klein, in which he represents the vintage of coffee’].
Plate 10 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, 1768).
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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