Microscopic views of muscle fibres and red blood cells of fish Size:S: 50 x 40cm Cadets of the Royal Military

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Microscopic views of muscle fibres and red blood cells of fish Size:S: 50 x 40cm Cadets of the Royal MilitaryIllustrations 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 the muscle fibres of a cod (fig. 4); and the nucleus in erythrocytes (red blood cells) of fishes (fig. 5). Original: red chalk on paper. 1682