Mauritius ebony wood and boxwood Size:XXL: 150 x 100cm The plate is inscribed: 'The

The plate is inscribed: 'The Titmouse of Paradise

deaf and lame

or 'Experiment Island' off the west coast of Sumatra

View of Blue Boar Inn yard

' Field Marshall Sir John Fox Burgoyne

Mauritius ebony wood and boxwood Size:XXL: 150 x 100cm The plate is inscribed: 'TheIllustrations accompanying a letter describing Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's microscopical observations, dated 12 January 1680. An English extract of the letter was printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 13 (1683), pp. 197 208. The figures show: fibres in a section of ebony cut crosswise (no. 6, fig. 1) and lengthwise (no. 6, figs. 2 and 3); fibres in a section of boxwood cut crosswise (no. 7, fig. 1) and lengthwise (no. 7, fig. 2); a