Tulip reproductive system
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
Microscopic study of the reproductive parts of a tulip flower, tulipa, including: various views of the stigma (a, b, c, d), the ovaries within the stigma (e, f), the ‘canaus de fecondation’ [‘the fertilisation canals’ or pollen tube] within the stigma (g), the embryos (l) and more.
Inscribed above: ‘TAB: XVLVIII.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘La tulipe & quelques particularites de sa poussiere’ [‘The tulip & some peculiarities of its dust’].
Plate 48 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: XVLVIII.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘La tulipe & quelques particularites de sa poussiere’ [‘The tulip & some peculiarities of its dust’].
Plate 48 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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