Microscopic view of an oyster shell Size:XXL: 127 x 100cm The boy is lent against

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Microscopic view of an oyster shell Size:XXL: 127 x 100cm The boy is lent againstIllustrations accompanying a letter describing Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's microscopical observations, dated March 1682. An English extract was printed in Philosophical Collections ed. Robert Hooke (London, 1682) no. 5, pp. 152 160. The illustrations show an oyster shell (fig. 6), and Leeuwenhoek's hypothesis about the formation of oyster shells (fig. 7). Original: red chalk on paper. 1682