Reinier Boitet's Beschryving der Stadt Delft published; first biography of Leeuwenhoek
Date:
January 1, 1729
Reinier Boitet's Beschryving der Stadt Delft, Description of the City of Delft, corrected, expanded, and updated Bleyswyck's 1667 Beschryvinge.
It included a section on Leeuwenhoek in Chapter XIV, pp 665-670, that is the only basis for several details about Leeuwenhoek's life.
