Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft

Reference number: EL/L4/62

Date: 15 January 1721

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Signed autograph
Observations of the plant 'Palma Ceres'
Two engraved figures nos 3 and 4 are attached
Read to the Royal Society on 16 May 1723
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 31, no 369, p 231

Reference number: EL/L4/62
Earliest possible date: 15 January 1721
Page extent: 9 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft, 15 January 1721, EL/L4/62, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l4_62/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-delft, accessed on 13 June 2026

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IX. Epistola domini Antonij van Leeuwenhoek, R. S. S. de Oseulis, sive spiraculis Foliorum Buxi, item de lanugine malorum persicorum & cydoniorum External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1721

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1720.0058

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters L4 (Leeuwenhoek)
1707-1723 Reference number: EL/L4

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