Structures of buckwheat, millet, canary seed, and the seeds of sorrel, beetroot, marjoram, chervil, radish, rape, cauliflower, black radish, turnip, clover, mustard, hemp, scurvy grass, cress, rocket, blue melilote
Date
13 June 1687
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p17c
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 173mm
width (page): 276mm
width (page): 276mm
Subject
Description
19 figures in a letter from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society.
Fig. 11: beginning of young buckwheat plant
Fig. 12: circumference of small piece of buckwheat stripped of hard coat
Fig. 13: grain of millet stripped of hard coat
Fig. 14: beginning of young plant from canary seed
Fig. 15: young sorrel plant from sorrel seed
Fig. 16: beginning of plant from chervil seed
Fig. 17: whole inside of the radish
Fig. 18: whole inside of rapeseed or coleseed
Fig. 19: whole inside of Italian cauliflower seed
Fig. 20: whole inside of black radish seed
Fig. 21: internal substance of earth-fruit (tuber)
Fig. 22: internal substance of clover seed
Fig. 23: internal substance of mustard seed
Fig. 24: internal substance of a hemp seed
Fig. 25: young plant from small seed of scurvy grass
Fig. 26: internal substance of young plant of garden cress seed
Fig. 27: whole of internal substance of whole garden cress seed
Fig. 28: entire inside substance of whole garden cress seed.
Fig. 11: beginning of young buckwheat plant
Fig. 12: circumference of small piece of buckwheat stripped of hard coat
Fig. 13: grain of millet stripped of hard coat
Fig. 14: beginning of young plant from canary seed
Fig. 15: young sorrel plant from sorrel seed
Fig. 16: beginning of plant from chervil seed
Fig. 17: whole inside of the radish
Fig. 18: whole inside of rapeseed or coleseed
Fig. 19: whole inside of Italian cauliflower seed
Fig. 20: whole inside of black radish seed
Fig. 21: internal substance of earth-fruit (tuber)
Fig. 22: internal substance of clover seed
Fig. 23: internal substance of mustard seed
Fig. 24: internal substance of a hemp seed
Fig. 25: young plant from small seed of scurvy grass
Fig. 26: internal substance of young plant of garden cress seed
Fig. 27: whole of internal substance of whole garden cress seed
Fig. 28: entire inside substance of whole garden cress seed.
Object history
Printed images taken from a published version of the letter (the same plate is in the Dutch and Latin versions):
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Vervolg der Brieven, geschreven aan de Wytvermaarde Koninglijke Societeit tot Londen (Leiden: C. Boutesteijn, 1687), pp. 27-52.
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Continuatio Epistolarum (Leiden: Boutesteyn, 1689), pp. 21-40.
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Vervolg der Brieven, geschreven aan de Wytvermaarde Koninglijke Societeit tot Londen (Leiden: C. Boutesteijn, 1687), pp. 27-52.
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Continuatio Epistolarum (Leiden: Boutesteyn, 1689), pp. 21-40.
Related fellows
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
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