Dutch microscopist Leeuwenhoek wrote 190 letters to the Royal Society between the years 1673-1723. The letters, written in Dutch with some translated into English and Latin, are bound in 4 volumes (EL/L1-EL/L4). Leeuwenhoek was elected an FRS in 1680. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://collections.royalsociety.org/DServe.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&amp;dsqApp=Archive&amp;dsqCmd=Show.tcl&amp;dsqDb=Catalog&amp;dsqPos=0&amp;dsqSearch=%28RefNo%3D%27EL%2FL1%27%29">Catalogue entry</a>.
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