Author
Michael Bernhard Valentini(German, 1657–1729)German, 1657–1729
PublisherPublished by
Johann David Zunner sel. Erben, und Johann Adam Jungen(Frankfurt am Main)Frankfurt am Main
CultureGerman
Titles
- Museum Museorum (Museum of Museums), vol. I
- Museum Museorum, oder vollständige Schau-Bühne aller Materialien und Specereyen, nebst deren natürlichen Beschreibung... Aus andern Material-Kunst- und Naturalien-Kammern, Oost- und West-Indischen Reiss-Beschreibungen, vol. I
Date1714, second edition (first complete edition)
MediumBook, bound in vellum over boards
DimensionsClosed: 15 1/8 × 10 × 4 in. (38.4 × 25.4 × 10.2 cm)
Open: 15 1/8 × 20 × 4 in. (38.4 × 50.8 × 10.2 cm)
Approx. open width in cradle: 20.3 in. (51.5 cm)
Open: 15 1/8 × 20 × 4 in. (38.4 × 50.8 × 10.2 cm)
Approx. open width in cradle: 20.3 in. (51.5 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.2016.2
Non exposé
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
On spine: M.B. VALENTINI / MUSEUM / MUSEORUM. / PARS. / I.
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Michael Bernhard Valentini
1714, first edition (first complete edition)
Book, bound in vellum over boards
BF.2016.3
1948
Gelatin silver print
2020.331
17th century
Shells, gold and mineral pigments, lacquer, sumi ink, paper, and wood
2020.134.1-.36
Anton Raphael Mengs
1796
Octavo volumes in paper backed boards and leather spine
BF.2004.7.1
Anton Raphael Mengs
1796
Octavo volumes in paper backed boards and leather spine
BF.2004.7.2
Thomas Gray
1853
Set of five books, bound in red morocco with marblized paper-covered boards and gold tooling to the spine
B.2011.16.1-.5
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Nikolay Ivanovich Svishchov-Paola
1922–1925
Gelatin silver print
2002.2917
