Shelfmark
Cf.3.3.14
Author
Title
Musæum Tradescantianum: or, a collection of rarities. Preserved at South-Lambeth neer London By John Tradescant.
Varying form of title
Musaeum Tradescantianum
Varying form of title
Collection of rarities
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : printed by John Grismond, and are to be sold by Nathanael Brooke at the Angel in Cornhill,, 1656.
Physical description
[24], 179, [5]p : ill. ports. (metal cuts) ; 8vo.
Note
A catalogue of the nucleus of the present-day Ashmolean Museum, compiled by Tradescant with the assistance of Thomas Wharton and Elias Ashmole.
Note
The first leaf is blank.
Note
Portraits of the Tradescants, engraved by W. Hollar, included in signature A.
Citation/references note
Wing (2nd ed.), T2005; Madan, III, 2292; Thomason, E.1613[4]; ESTC R203792
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms, 1979. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Thomason Tracts; 204:E.1613[4]).
Provenance
Storer bequest label dated 1800; bequeathed to Eton by Anthony Morris Storer in 1799.
Binding
18th century red, gold-tooled morocco. By Roger Payne.
Subject
Subject
Subject
Subject
Natural history Catalogues and collections Early works to 1800.
Subject
Museums Catalogs Early works to 1800 England London.
Added entry--name
Grismond, John printer.
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Brooke, Nathaniel bookseller.
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Storer, Anthony Morris, 1746 - 1799 former owner.
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Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607 - 1677 engraver.
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Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng lat
Identifier
B13997