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Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723 · 1685 · Leyden : C. Boutesteyn · 8 pictures

A 1685 Dutch letter collection by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, published in Leiden by C. Boutesteyn, describing his microscopic discoveries in letters. The pictures are four decorative woodcut initial letters, N, I, I and M, set in dense scrolling foliage that a designer could borrow for ornamental capitals and borders.

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