M0016937: Plate showing bees, from Federico Cesi's Apiarium, 1625

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Plate showing bees from Frederigo Cesi's 'Apiarium'.

Reproduction of a drawing of bees by Mathias Greuter, one of the earliest drawings done with the aid of a microscope, originally published in Cesi, Federico: Apiarium ex frontispiciis naturalis theatri principis Federici Caesii ..., Rome, 1625 and reproduced in Singer, Charles: "The earliest figures of microscopic objects", Endeavour, vol.12, no.48, October 1953

1958

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.