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Museum Wormianum

Museum Wormianum

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Museum Wormianum
AuthorDanish, 1588–1654
Publisher
EngraverDutch, 1653–1671/1681
CultureDanish
Titles
  • Museum Wormianum
Date1655, first/sole edition
MediumBook, bound in sheepskin
DimensionsClosed: 14 3/8 × 9 1/4 × 1 7/8 in. (36.5 × 23.5 × 4.8 cm)
 Open: 14 3/8 × 18 1/4 × 1 7/8 in. (36.5 × 46.4 × 4.8 cm)
 Approximate open width in cradle: 18.2 in. (46 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.2016.4
Not on view

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Department
Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation
Object Type
Provenance[Liber Antiquus, Chevy Chase, Maryland]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 2016.


Published References Nissen ZBI 4473; Cobres p. 98 n. 2;; Eales 456; Dance 358; Wilson, The history of mineral collecting p. 199; Willems 772; Rahir, Elzeviers, no. 777; Copinger, no. 5354; Balsinger, Barbara Jeanne. The Kunst- und Wunderkammern. A Catalogue Raisonné of Collecting in Germany, France and England, 1565-1750 Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Leiden: Ex Officina Elseviriorum, Acad. Typograph, 1655

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