11-18-201211-18-2012
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2621BBoston
November 18, 2012 11:00 AMCalender
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Leeuwenhoek, Anton van (1632-1723) Ontledingen en Ontdekkingen

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$4,200$3,500
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2621BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 18, 2012 11:00AM

Description:

Leeuwenhoek, Anton van (1632-1723) Ontledingen en Ontdekkingen. Leiden: Boutestein, 1696.
Quarto, illustrated with portrait and engraved title, seven folding and four full-page plates, and dozens of text engravings, some nearly full-page; many parts in one volume, all with separate title pages dated in the 1680s and 1690s, one marginal stain over a few pages near the beginning, otherwise good, in clean, contemporary stiff, blind-tooled Dutch parchment over boards.
This is a collection Leeuwenhoek's letters to members of the Royal Society in London on his recent microscopic discoveries and observations, text in Dutch.
Estimate $2,000-3,000

Keywords

Royal Society in London