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  Rare books, Engravings

  Microscopic study of frog and fish specimens

  • Nature's Mysteries Disclosed

  • Part of Arcana Naturae Detecta

  • 1695

  Illustrated plate depicting Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's (1632-1723) microscopic studies of frog and fish specimens.

  Fig. 1: Frog embryo

  Fig. 2: Later development of frog embryo

  Fig. 3: Further development of frog embryo…

  • Artist Verkolje, Jan, 1650-
  • Author Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723
  • Engraver Blois, Abraham de, active 1679-1720, Schaak, J. van
  • Publisher Kroonevelt, Henrik van, active approximately 1684-1704
  • Subject Tadpoles--Anatomy, Animalcules, Arteries, Blood--Circulation, Microscopy, Microscopes, Microorganisms, Aorta, Unicellular organisms, Tadpoles, Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723, Physiology, Fishes, Natural history, Veins, Microbiology, Tadpoles--Growth
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Arcana Naturae Detecta

  • Nature's Mysteries Disclosed

  • 1695

  In this pioneering work on microscopy, engraved plates detail the physiology of natural history specimens. Known as the "Father of Microbiology," Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) is considered one of the first…

  • Artist Verkolje, Jan, 1650-
  • Author Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723
  • Engraver Blois, Abraham de, active 1679-1720, Schaak, J. van
  • Publisher Kroonevelt, Henrik van, active approximately 1684-1704
  • Subject Animalcules, Natural history, Microscopy, Microscopes, Microorganisms, Unicellular organisms, Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723, Physiology, Microbiology
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Illustrated half-title page for Arcana Naturae Detecta

  • Nature's Mysteries Disclosed

  • Part of Arcana Naturae Detecta

  • 1695

  Illustrated half-title page for Arcana Naturae Detecta depicts women standing on a pedestal at a table covered with food. The eye of providence, representing the eye of God, bestows rays of light towards the table. One…

  • Author Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723
  • Engraver Schaak, J. van
  • Publisher Kroonevelt, Henrik van, active approximately 1684-1704
  • Subject Animalcules, Natural history, People with disabilities, Microscopy, Microscopes, Microorganisms, Prosthesis, Schaak, J. van, Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723, Physiology, Microbiology, Unicellular organisms
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Frontispiece: Portrait of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

  • Nature's Mysteries Disclosed

  • Part of Arcana Naturae Detecta

  • 1695

  Frontispiece half-length portrait engraving of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723). "Antonius A. Leeuwenhoeck" and "Regiæ Societatis Londinensis membrum" are listed underneath the portrait, with the latter translating to…

  • Artist Verkolje, Jan, 1650-
  • Author Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723
  • Engraver Blois, Abraham de, active 1679-1720
  • Publisher Kroonevelt, Henrik van, active approximately 1684-1704
  • Subject Royal Society (Great Britain), Natural history, Microscopy, Microscopes, Microorganisms, Verkolje, Jan, 1650-, Blois, Abraham de, active 1679-1720, Unicellular organisms, Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723, Physiology, Animalcules, Microbiology