LEDERMÜLLER, Martin Frobius (1719-1769). Mikroskopische Gemüths- und Augen-Ergötzung. Nuremberg: Christian de Launoy for Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt, 1763. [ Bound with :] Drittes Funfzig ...2te Auflage. Nuremberg: Winterschmidt, 1778. [ And :] Abgenöthigte Verteidigung, als ein Anhang . Nuremberg: Launoy heirs, 1765. A fresh, uncut copy of one of the most beautiful 18 th -century microscopical works , published in parts between 1759 and 1763. Ledermüller ‘was an eighteenth-century polymath. By profession a lawyer, Ledermüller shows a discerning interest in the art and science of botany, and in the newer science of microscopy’ (Hunt). He was the curator of the natural history collection of Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg, the dedicatee of this volume. The Braune copy, uniform in size, condition and colouring, is the first complete edition, here with the second part in the second edition. See Hunt 581; Nissen BBI 1156; Pritzel 5142; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 4288. Wellcome III, 472. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return. 3 works in 2 volumes, quarto (264 x 210mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece of the dedicatee, 2 coloured engravings in the Verteidigung , 2 engraved titles (one coloured) and 150 plates, all but one with contemporary colouring, text and plates bound separately (apparently lacking one leaf at end of first work [?index] and A1 in second). Modern half calf.
LEDERMÜLLER, Martin Frobius (1719-1769). Mikroskopische Gemüths- und Augen-Ergötzung. Nuremberg: Christian de Launoy for Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt, 1763. [ Bound with :] Drittes Funfzig ...2te Auflage. Nuremberg: Winterschmidt, 1778. [ And :] Abgenöthigte Verteidigung, als ein Anhang . Nuremberg: Launoy heirs, 1765. A fresh, uncut copy of one of the most beautiful 18 th -century microscopical works , published in parts between 1759 and 1763. Ledermüller ‘was an eighteenth-century polymath. By profession a lawyer, Ledermüller shows a discerning interest in the art and science of botany, and in the newer science of microscopy’ (Hunt). He was the curator of the natural history collection of Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg, the dedicatee of this volume. The Braune copy, uniform in size, condition and colouring, is the first complete edition, here with the second part in the second edition. See Hunt 581; Nissen BBI 1156; Pritzel 5142; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 4288. Wellcome III, 472. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return. 3 works in 2 volumes, quarto (264 x 210mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece of the dedicatee, 2 coloured engravings in the Verteidigung , 2 engraved titles (one coloured) and 150 plates, all but one with contemporary colouring, text and plates bound separately (apparently lacking one leaf at end of first work [?index] and A1 in second). Modern half calf.
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