Sesde Vervolg
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Sesde Vervolg der Brieven, geschreven aan verscheide Hooge Standspersonen en Geleerde Luijden
Sixth Continuation of the Letters, written to various High-standing Persons and Learned People
Dobell #16: Letters 97 - 107
It contained eleven letters written between late December 1695 and the end of September 1696.
AB/CL #: 163, 164, 165, 167, 168, 169, 170, 172, 174, 176, 177
The letters were addressed to:
Hendrik van Bleyswijk, 3 letters
Frederik Adriaan Van Reede, 3 letters
Nicolaas Witsen, 3 letters
Members of the Royal Society, 1 letter
Anthonie Heinsius, 1 letter
Pagination: iv + 173-342 + x (Blad-wyser & Drukfouten)
The front matter (left sidebar) had:
- Title page
- Two-page poem from Rabus
Poem
Op het Sesde Vervolg der Brieven van den Heere Antoni van Leeuwenhoek aan de Beminnaars der Regtschape Natuur-kunde.
On the Sixth Continuation of the Letters of Mr. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Lovers of Knowledge of Nature.
by Pieter Rabus
dated 1696
[transcription and translation to come]
Letters
The letters were numbered and continuously paginated. Each was preceded by a summary of the contents.
Figures
The figures were on 5 plates, one for each of the 11 letters for a total of 32 figures.
Back matter
An index on ten unnumbered pages followed by a one-page errata (which itself has two typos!).
Blad-Wyser
Der voornaemste Zaken in dit Sesde Vervolg der Brieven begrepen.
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of the chief Topics included in this Sixth Continuation of the Letters.
Drukfouten, dus te verbeteren.
Printing errors, thus improving.