The Leeuwenhoek Letter by Leeuwenhoek

The Leeuwenhoek Letter: a Reproduction and Translation
A photographic copy of the letter of the 9th of October, 1676 sent by Antony van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, Secretary of the Royal Society of London

Antony van Leeuwenhoek
Barnett Cohen, translator

Society of American Bacteriologists, 1937

Hardcover First Edition. Frontispiece, 46 pp, 1 leaf. Folio. Original cloth-backed boards. Very Good. First Edition. One tiny bump on bottom of spine. Some water stains.  The father of microbiology describes the 'exceptionally small animalcules' to be found in water, an astounding discovery.