Amusement microscopique tant pour l'esprit, que pour les yeux : contenant cinquante estampes dessinées d'après nature et enluminées, avec leurs explications
Excellent resource.
Ledermuller's interest in insects-as-subjects, came from his status as government beekeeper.
Ledermuller provided us with several colour illustrations; solar microscope;a reflex camera with 45° mirror; camera without the mirror.
He described & illustrated several ‘Camera Obscuras’, some of which were designed as solar microscopes to view insects.
--Paul Burns
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