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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Dutch scientist known as "the Father of Microbiology", and one of the first microscopists (1632–1723)

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  • Arcana naturae, ope & beneficio exquistissimorum microscopiorum detecta / [Antoni van Leeuwenhoek].
  • Epistolae physiologicae super compluribus naturae arcanis; ubi variorum animalium atque plantarum fabrica, conformatio, proprietates atque operationes, novis ... / experimentis illustrantur ... hactenus numquam editae.
  • Opera omnia [Vol. I], seu arcana naturae, ope exactissimorum microscopiorum detecta, experimentis variis comprobata, epistolis, ad ... illustres viros, ut et ad integram, quae Londini floret, Sapientem Societatem ... datis, comprehensa ... / [Antoni van Leeuwenhoek].
  • The salivary glands in man and animal. Engraving, 1686.
  • Epistolae physiologicae super compluribus naturae arcanis; ubi variorum animalium atque plantarum fabrica, conformatio, proprietates atque operationes, novis ... / experimentis illustrantur ... hactenus numquam editae.

Images featuring Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

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  • Optics: glass tubes (right) and Leeuwenhoek's first microscope (left) Photograph.
  • Antonius van Leeuwenhoek. Line engraving by Anker Smith after J. Verkolje, 1695.
  • Antonius van Leeuwenhoek. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1813, after J. Verkolje.
  • Antonius van Leeuwenhoek. Line engraving by A. de Blois after J. Verkolje.

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