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Featured

in the Publications section

Book printing technology
led to variant editions


Two variants of
Levende Dierkens



Bound version of
Arcana Naturae Detecta



Frontispiece of
Vijfde Vervolg
by Romeyn de Hooghe


Excerpts from two dozen
early letters published
in French translation
by Pierre Bayle


Letters

  • How many letters?
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  • Original drawings
  • Figures - Overview
  • Period 1 1673-1679
  • Period 2 1679-1686
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  • Period 6 1712-1719
  • Period 7 1720-1723