LEEUWENHOEK, Anthony van (1632-1723). Epistolae ad Societatem Regiam Anglicam, Leiden: J.A. Langerak, 1719, 4°, FIRST LATIN EDITION, engraved portrait by De Blois after Verkolje, 25 engraved plates (perforation stamp on title, light ink stamp on verso of plates, tear to A1, much of text browned), 18th-century vellum (lightly soiled) [Norman 1323]; and 2 other works by Leeuwenhoek in Latin and Dutch. (3)

细节

LEEUWENHOEK, Anthony van (1632-1723). Epistolae ad Societatem Regiam Anglicam, Leiden: J.A. Langerak, 1719, 4°, FIRST LATIN EDITION, engraved portrait by De Blois after Verkolje, 25 engraved plates (perforation stamp on title, light ink stamp on verso of plates, tear to A1, much of text browned), 18th-century vellum (lightly soiled) [Norman 1323]; and 2 other works by Leeuwenhoek in Latin and Dutch. (3)

拍品专文

Leeuwenhoek was one of the earliest and greatest of the microbiologists. His original profession was that of draper but he is better known for being the first to describe spermatoza and red blood corpuscles as well as providing evidence against the theory of spontaneous generation.