| Reference number | EL/L1 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Early Letters L1 (Leeuwenhoek) |
| Date | 1674-1686 |
| Description | Sent by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society. |
| Extent | 1 |
| Format | Manuscript documents |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Notes | The blue numbers are newer, and correspond to the catalogue references. Note that several items have been re-insterted into the volume out of sequence, after EL/L1/49: EL/L1/47, followed by EL/L1/48 and finally EL/L1/41 |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Volumes EL/L2-4 for further letters from Leeuwenhoek
See EL/H3/54, EL/H3/57, El/H3/69 and EL/H3/73 for Robert Hooke's letters to Leeuwenhoek
See 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 32 (1722), pp 446-453 and vol 41 (1739), pp 503-519 about bequeathing items to the Royal Society and for a description of the microscopes |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |