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31: 156: 141: 279:. The description of the animal is illustrated by six plates which show the differences in variation of the colouring of the species. They show also internal dissections. Rosenhof was interested in the production of silk but he confused the anus with the opening of silk-producing glands. 290:. The quality of the work, in particular of its illustrations, make it one of the most beautiful devoted to these animals. He presented the life cycle of all the species of Germany, and their anatomy and their osteology. The second part of the work, appeared in 1758. It is prefaced by 454:
Gaedike, R.; Groll, E. K. & Taeger, A. 2012: Bibliography of the entomological literature from the beginning until 1863 : online database - version 1.0 - Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut.
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He then started a similar work on the lizards and the salamanders but a cerebral attack paralysed him and he died a little later on March 27, 1759. Many descriptions of species made by
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Descendant of a "noble family of Austria", Rösel was born August Johannes Rösel. This was modified in 1753, undoubtedly in the honour of his uncle, the animal painter
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His artistic talent gave him a very good reputation so that he lived comfortably while painting and he could use his spare time to observe
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in nature. He collected eggs and larvae in order to raise them at home and to study their development and their
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in 1726. There he remained two years before returning to Germany, once more to Nuremberg.
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In 1737, he married Elisabeth Maria, the daughter of the surgeon, physiologist and poet
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at University of Heidelberg Library Includes all the plates (Tafeln I - XXIV)
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A Dutch translation appeared between 1764-1768. The book influenced
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1735-1789 and translated into Dutch by Adam Abrahamzoon Moerbeek
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at SICD Universities of Strasbourg Digital Old Books.
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DSI - Database of Scientific Illustrators 1450 - 1950
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Recovering from a disease, he discovered the work of
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Die natürliche Historie der Frösche hiesigen Landes
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Augustenburg
biological illustrator
entomology
Katharina Barbara Rösel von Rosenhof

frogs

Augustenburg
Arnstadt
Nuremberg
miniature
naturalist
entomologist
entomology
Wilhelm Rösel von Rosenhof
Augusta Dorothea von Arnstadt-Schwarzburg
Academy of Nuremberg
Danish
Copenhagen
Anna Maria Sibylla Merian
Surinam
Michael Bertram Rosa
Katharina Barbara Rösel von Rosenhof
insects
amphibians
reptiles
metamorphoses
sea anemones
Araneus diadematus

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