Antony van Leeuwenhoek and his "Little Animals" - Being Some Account of the Father of Protozoology and Bacteriology and his Multifarious Discoveries in These Disciplines
Hardcover
1932 · New York
by Dobel, Clifford, F.R.S.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1932. Hardcover. Ex-lib. with usual marks. Soiling to covers and light age toning to page edges. Interior otherwise clean and tight.. Tan cloth/boards with black lettering on spine. 435 pp. with XXXII bw plates. This edition published on the 300th anniversary of Leeuwenhoek's birth. Includes information on the life of van Leeuwenhoek and on his "Little Animals" (protozoa and bacteria in water, free-living protoza and bacteria, and entozoie protozoa and bacteria). With annotations, a short list of his writings, comments on his place in Protozoology and Bacteriology, and additional references and sources. Based on his printed works, letters, unpublished manuscripts and contemporary records. Quite a volume! (Inventory #: 147265)