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BIOLOGY AND ITS MAKERS 



the most noteworthy monographs in the field of minute 

 anatomy. This was a work like that of Malpighi, upon the 

 anatomy of a single form, but it was carried out in much 



Fig. 22. — Lyonet, 1707-1789. 



greater detail. The 137 figures on the 18 plates are models 

 of close observation and fine execution of drawings. 



Lyonet (also written Lyonnet) was a Hollander, born in 

 The Hague in 1707. He was a man of varied talents, a 

 painter, a sculptor, an engraver, and a very gifted linguist. 



