Sesde Vervolg
Full title
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.
Page-Pointer
of the chief Topics included in this Sixth Continuation of the Letters.
Drukfouten, dus te verbeteren.
Printing errors, thus improving.
This volume was reviewed by Rabus in Boekzaal, July and August 1697, pp. 119-127.