Antony van Leeuwenhoek and His 'Little Animals': Being Some Account of the Father of Protozoology & Bacteriology and His Multifarious Discoveries in These Disciplines.

DOBELL, Clifford [LEEUWENHOEK, Antony van]

Published by New York: Harcourt Brace, 1932.

About this Item

vii, 435 pp; 32 plates (Frontispiece = plate I)]. Original cloth. Xlib: White ink no. on spine, ink stamps on top & bottom fore edges and on p. 99. Bottom of spine slightly frayed. Soiling (maybe from fingerprints) on cream-colored covers. Because of the color of the cloth, soiling/smudging of the covers is common with this book, if the covers have not been protected with a dust jacket. First American Edition (there were also London and Amsterdam imprints in 1932). Collected, translated, and edited from his printed works, unpublished manuscripts, and contemporary records, by Clifford Dobell . Published on the 300th anniversary of his birth. "Reveals many new facts about the man, and includes the best bibliography" (annotation to Garrison-Morton 67).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Antony van Leeuwenhoek and His 'Little Animals': Being Some Account of the Father of Protozoology & Bacteriology and His Multifarious Discoveries in These Disciplines.
• Publisher: New York: Harcourt Brace, 1932.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good