‘Modern’ microscopes
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
Content object
Description
Studies of two contemporary microscopes, designed by Heinrich Delius (g) and Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn (h, i).
Inscribed above: ‘TAB: XXXII.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Sur les microscopes anciens & modernes’ [‘On ancient and modern microscopes’].
Plate 32 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).
Heinrich Friedrich Delius (1720-1791), German physician.
Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn (1711-1756), German physician, best known for inventing a reflector for improving microscopic viewing of opaque specimens.
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: XXXII.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Sur les microscopes anciens & modernes’ [‘On ancient and modern microscopes’].
Plate 32 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).
Heinrich Friedrich Delius (1720-1791), German physician.
Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn (1711-1756), German physician, best known for inventing a reflector for improving microscopic viewing of opaque specimens.
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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