The select works of Antony Van Leeuwenhoek, containing his microscopical discoveries in many of the works of nature. Translated from the Dutch and Latin editions published by the author, by Samuel Hoole.
| Author/creator | Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : printed by Henry Fry, for the translator, and sold by George Nicol; J. White; J. & A. Arch; and J. Wright, 1798. |
| Description | 2 unnumbered pages, v, 2 unnumbered pages, iv-viii, 1 unnumbered page, b-h, 143, 1 unnumbered page, viii, 1 unnumbered page, 146-183, 2 unnumbered pages, 192-314 pages, plates ; 4⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Collective title | Selections |
| General note | In two parts, with continuous pagination and register. |
| General note | Includes: 'Of an animalcule or small living creature' (pp.[a]-f) and 'Addition, by the translator' (pp.[g]-h). |
| General note | With a viii-page introduction to the second part, which has no separate titlepage. |
| General note | Colophon at end of second part: Sidney, - Printer. |
| General note | A second volume entitled 'The select works of Antony Van Leeuwenhoek, .. Volume the second. Part the third', London, printed by the Philanthropic Society, was published in 1807 and contains an index to both volumes. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from the National Library of Medicine. |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, ESTCN22764. |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements |
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