Lot 381
Leeuwenhoek, Anthony van
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 11 January 2012 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Opera omnia, seu arcana naturae... comprehensa, & quatuor tomis distincta. Leiden: J.J. Langerak, 1722. 4to, [16], 64, 260, [24], engraved frontispiece and 5 plates, engraved illustrations; [bound with] Continuatio epistolarum. Leiden: J. du Vivie, T. Haak, & J.A. Langerack, 1715. 4to, [8], 124; 10 engraved plates, contemporary vellum, library stamp on title verso; Epistolae physiologicae. Delft: Adrianum Beman, 1719. 4to, [24], 446, [26], engraved frontispiece and 31 engraved plates, several folding, contemporary vellum, library stamp on title verso; Epistolae ad Societatem Regiam Anglicam. Leiden: J. A. Langerak, 1719. 4to, engraved frontispiece portrait by A. de Blois after S Verkolje, and 25 engraved plates, engraved title-vignette, [16], 429, [10], contemporary vellum, some spotting and browning (not affecting plates), library stamp on title verso; Arcana naturae detecta. Leiden: J. A. Langerak, 1722. 4to, [16], 515, [23]; engraved frontispiece and 26 engraved plates, some folding, engraved illustrations in text; [bound with supplement] Continuatio Arcanorum naturae detectorum. Leiden: J.A. Langerak, 1722. 4to, 7 engraved plates, 5 folding, contemporary vellum, some spotting, not affecting plates (4)