Physics - Optics - Microscopy Leeuwenhoek, Antonius van Anatomia Seu interiora Rerum, Cum Animatarum tum Inanimatarum, Ope & beneficio sic exquisitissi-morum Microscopiorum Detecta, variisque experimentis demonstrata, (etc.). With de Hooghe's Artemis frontispiece, dated 1685 and the printed dedication to King James II of England as well as numerous (ca. 90) engravings and folding plates. 2 pp. in 1 vol. Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden): typis Cornelii Boutesteyn, 1687 - 1689. 4to ( mm) (8), 1-28, 29-48, 49-64, (misdivision after p. 56, so that the 64th page bears the number 58), 1-258 pp., (8), 124 pp. Cloth binding (somewhat stained). Dobell 23 - {First edition}, one of four editions with the same title page of "Anatomie oder das Innere der Dinge, sowohl der belebten als auch der unbelebten, mit Hilfe geschicktter Mikroskope erkannt und durch verschiedene Experimente demonstriert", additionally with the Latin translations of the letters published by Boutesteyn in Dutch (Dobell 5-9). The Dutch microbiologist and microscopist Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), a self-taught scientist, is commonly referred to as the "father of microbiology" and is best known for his pioneering work in the field of microscopy and for his contributions to establishing microbiology as a scientific discipline. Growing up in Delft, the Dutch Republic, Van Leeuwenhoek worked as a draper in his youth and founded his own business in 1654. He made a name for himself in local politics and developed an interest in the production of lentils. In the 1670s, he began researching microbial life with his microscope. This was one of the remarkable achievements of the Golden Age of Dutch exploration and discovery (ca. 1590-1720). - Minimally browned, pages somewhat stained in places. Physics - Optics - Microscopy. - With de Hooghe's Artemis frontispiece, dated 1685 and the printed dedication to King James II of England as well as numerous (ca. 90) engravings and folding plates. First edition, one of four editions with the same title page of "Anatomie oder das Innere der Dinge, sowohl der belebten als der unbelebten, mit Hilfe geschicktter Mikroskope erkannt und durch verschiedene Experimente demonstriert", additionally with the Latin translations of the letters published by Boutesteyn in Dutch (Dobell 5-9). The Dutch microbiologist and microscopist Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), a self-taught scientist, is commonly referred to as the "father of microbiology" and is best known for his pioneering work in the field of microscopy and for his contributions to establishing microbiology as a scientific discipline. Growing up in Delft, the Dutch Republic, Van Leeuwenhoek worked as a draper in his youth and founded his own business in 1654. He made a name for himself in local politics and developed an interest in the production of lentils. In the 1670s, he began to study microbial life with his microscope. This was one of the remarkable achievements of the Golden Age of Dutch exploration and discovery (ca. 1590-1720). - Minimally browned, pages somewhat stained in places.