Arcana naturae detecta / ab Antonio van Leeuwenhoek.

Delphis Batavorum : Apud Henricum a Krooneveld, 1695.

[10], 568, [14] p., [27] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., port. ; 20 cm (4to)

Additional engraved allegorical title page, with explanation on verso.
Portrait of author facing engraved title page.
Title ornament, initials; small engravings in text.
Leeuwenhoek was perhaps the greatest of the early microbiologists and made very many important discoveries, including bacteria and protozoa. He communicated these discoveries to the Royal Society in a series of letters, written in his native Dutch, which continued for over 50 years. They were published in the Society's Philosophical Transactions, then separately.
Signatures: *⁴ A⁴ B⁴(±B4) C-4D⁴; *2 signed '**'; 4D4 blank.
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Bound with Pt. 2 Continuatio arcanorum naturae, 1697.

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2018. Beyond Words. Opening: plate between page 314-315.

Garrison & Morton, Medical Bibliography, no. 98

Netherlands.

QH271 .L4 1695 Cage

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