Microscopic views of muscle fibres and red blood cells of fish Size:S: 36 x 28cm and King Frederick William III

and King Frederick William III

View of the procession of Marie de Medici along Cheapside

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Microscopic views of muscle fibres and red blood cells of fish Size:S: 36 x 28cm and King Frederick William IIIEngraved plate showing illustrations accompanying a letter describing Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's microscopical observations, dated March 1682. The plate was printed with an English extract of the letter in Philosophical Collections ed. Robert Hooke (London, 1682) no. 5, pp. 152 160. The illustrations show: microscopic view of muscle fibres (figs. 1 and 2); micro organisms (fig. 3); the muscle fibres of a cod (fig. 4); the nucleus in erythrocytes (red