B13997
Language code
eng, lat
Shelfmark
Cf.3.3.14
Author
Tradescant, John
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
Tradescant, John
Subject
Tradescant, John
Subject
Ashmolean Museum
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.
Added entry--name
Brooke, Nathaniel, bookseller.
Added entry--name
Storer, Anthony Morris, former owner.
Added entry--name
Hollar, Wenceslaus, engraver.
Added entry--name
Wharton, Thomas
Added entry--name
Ashmole, Elias
Added entry--place
England, London.
B13997
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