LEEUWENHOEK (Antonie van). Arcana naturæ detecta - Continuat - Lot 42

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LEEUWENHOEK (Antonie van). Arcana naturæ detecta - Continuat - Lot 42
LEEUWENHOEK (Antonie van). Arcana naturæ detecta - Continuatio arcanorum naturæ detectorum. Delft, Henricum a Krooneveld, 1695-1697. 2 works in one vol. in-4, 14.5 x 19.5 cm, 4 f., 568 pp, 7 ff, frontispiece and 27 plates, most of them folded & 1 f., 192 pp, 4 ff, 7 plates, most of them folded, contemporary binding in speckled brown calf, spine decorated with gilt motifs. First Latin edition and first edition of letters 84 to 92 by Leeuwenhoek, one of the first and greatest microbiologists. He is credited with the discovery of protozoa and bacteria. He was also the first to describe spermatozoa and red blood cells. Embellished with a portrait of the author, a title-frontispiece and numerous figures on 34 plates or in the text, all engraved on metal. A good copy, from the Gilbert Dufaux natural history library (bookplate and cold stamp on title). Staining on pp. 241-248, 415-424 & 447-458 of the first work and on the last ten quires of the second work, staining on pp. 1-2 & 83-84 of the second work, plate facing p. 337 of the first work stained and plate facing p. 87 of the second work uniformly browned. Signature cut out on title and roughly mended. First flyleaf renewed. Heads and spines restored. PMM 166 Expert : Cédric et Ithier de FOUGEROLLE
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