Pear leaf
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 of a pear leaf with a mossy growth on its surface as viewed by microscope (figure 2) and at natural size (fig. 1). With details of related items, including the ‘petits tuyaux entrelaces’ [‘small interwoven pipe’] internal structure of the moss (fig. 4) and pear seeds (fig. 5).
Inscribed above: ‘TAB: XVIII.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Niele, ou mousse sur une feuille de poirier’ [‘Moss on a pear leaf’].
Plate 18 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: XVIII.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Niele, ou mousse sur une feuille de poirier’ [‘Moss on a pear leaf’].
Plate 18 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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