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Caption: Magnified view of a housefly, Musca domestica, under a microscope: actual size 1, underside of head and body 2, abdomen 3, leg 4, and compound eye 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.
Credit: Album / Florilegius
Image size: 4843 × 5825 px | 80.7 MB
Print size: 41.0 × 49.3 cm | 1906.7 × 2293.3 in (300 dpi)