[Natural History] [Leeuwenhoek Antony van] Hoole

[Natural History] [Leeuwenhoek Antony van] Hoole, Samuel (translator)
The Select Works of Antony van Leeuwenhoek, Containing his Microscopial Discoveries in Many of the Works of Nature
London: Printed by Henry Fry, 1798; London: Printed for the Translator, by G. Sidney, et al., 1799. Two parts in one volume. First edition. Translated from the Dutch and Latin editions by Hoole. 4to. (ii), (viii), (ii), (iv), (a)-h, 143, (i); (ii), iv, viii, (145)-183, (ii), 192-314 pp., with a separate title-page for the second part, presumably lacking half-titles. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait, 11 engraved plates (8 folding), and one hand-colored initial. 19th-century three-quarter polished calf over marbled paper-covered boards, rubbed, red goatskin spine label, stamped in gilt, all edges trimmed; two leaves ("Translator to the Reader") inserted after Advertisement at front, "Dedication of the First Part" bound in at front after title-page, scattered spotting, soiling, and dampstaining to prelims, frontispiece trimmed, plates moderately foxed in margins, light dampstaining in top gutter of second plate, and plates iv, v, ix, x; moderate dampstaining and foxing to plates vi, vii, viii, closed tear along bottom fold in plate II. Ownership stamp of George H. Pethybridge on front free endpaper. ESTC T111070
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The Select Works of Antony van Leeuwenhoek, Containing his Microscopial Discoveries in Many of the Works of Nature
London: Printed for the Translator, By G. Sidney, et al., 1800. Two parts in one volume. Volume the First-Part the First. Later printing, possibly made up of sheets from the 1798 edition. Translated from the Dutch and Latin editions by Hoole. 4to. (ii), viii, 143, (i), (a)-h, viii, (145)-183, (ii), 192-314 pp; with no separate title-page for second part. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait, and 12 engraved plates (10 folding). 19th-century quarter calf over marbled paper-covered boards, rubbed, spine rubbed, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed; later endpapers; frontispiece trimmmed, light spotting to plates. ESTC T111069
With:
The Select Works of Antony van Leeuwenhoek, Containing his Microscopial Discoveries in Many of the Works of Nature
London: Printed by the Philanthropic Society, And Sold by G. and W. Nicol, 1807. First edition. Volume the Second. Part the Third. Translated from the Dutch and Latin editions by Hoole. 4to. (iv), 344, viii pp, including half-title and index. Illustrated with 10 engraved plates, and two in-text figures. Bound in matching binding as above 1800 edition, slightly worn; scattered spotting, moderate foxing on pp. 199-210, plates lightly spotted, slight offsetting to same. See ESTC citations above. Considered the only comprehensive English version of Leeuwenhoek's investigations with the microscope.
Antony van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) was a Dutch microscopist who was the first to observe bacteria and protozoa. His researches on lower animals refuted the doctrine of spontaneous generation, and his observations helped lay the foundations for the sciences of bacteriology and protozoology.