Works Part III
Dutch version:
63 letters written between September 1694 and April 1702
# 84 - 146
Latin version:
39 letters written between April 1697 and April 1702
# 108 - 146
| Year | Dobell # Short Title |
Publisher
|
# of ltrs |
AvL #
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1696 |
15. Vijfde Vervolg |
Krooneveld | 13 |
84 - 96
|
| 1697 |
16. Sesde Vervolg |
Krooneveld | 11 |
97 - 107
|
| 1702 |
18. Sevende Vervolg |
Krooneveld | 39 |
108 - 146
|
| 1719 | 27. Epistolae ad Societatem | Langerak | 39 | 108 - 146 |
All of the letters in Epistolae ad Societatem -- Letters 108-146 -- had been written by 1702, but they were not published until 1719. In the meantime, Leeuwenhoek wrote the 46 letters in Send-Brieven -- Letters I-XLVI -- and published them in Dutch 1718. It wasn't until the following year that he published the two volumes in Latin, Epistolae ad Societatem -- Letters 108-146 -- and Epistolae Physiologicae -- Letters I-XLVI. Why did Leeuwenhoek wait 17 years to publish Epistolae ad Societatem? Why, in the same year, did J. A. Langerak publish the one in Leiden and Adriaan Beman the other in Delft?
Summary of Characteristics
| Tp | Sum | Fr | D | R | Pag | running headers | N | S | F | P | In | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15. Vijfde | y | n | y | 5 | n | viii + 1-172 + ix | v: Antoni van Leeuwenhoeks r: Vijfde Vervolg der Brieven, enz. |
y | y | 48 | 5? | 9 |
| 16. Sesde | y | n | n | 2 | n | iv + 173-342 + x | v: Antoni van Leeuwenhoeks r: Sesde Vervolg der Brieven, enz. |
y | y | 32 | 10 | |
| 17. Sevende | y | n | n | 4 | n | vi + 1-452 + xxii | v: Antoni van Leeuwenhoeks r: Sevende Vervolg der Brieven, enz. |
y | y | 114 | 24 | 22 |
| 27. Epistolae |
y | n | n | n | 14 | xvi + 1-429 + x | v: Continuatio r: Arcanorum Naturae. |
y | y | 18? | 10 |
Notes for the table:
Tp - separate title page - yes/no
Sum - summary on title page - yes/no
F - frontispiece - number of pages
D - dedication - number of pages of dedications, poems, and notes to the reader in the front matter
R - register - summaries of letters in the front matter, in one volume including errata - yes/no
Pag - pagination - continuous or separate - Roman numerals for front matter and indices; Arabic for text
N - numbered - each letter identified in the text by the number Leeuwenhoek gave it - yes/no
S - summary - each letter preceded by a summary of its contents - yes/no
F - number of figures, in the text and on the plates
P - number of single-page or fold-out plates on unnumbered pages
In - index - number of pages, including errata, if any
