Michael Bernhard Valentini
Museum Museorum (Museum of Museums), vol. I

Museum Museorum (Museum of Museums), vol. I

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Museum Museorum (Museum of Museums), vol. I
AuthorGerman, 1657–1729
PublisherFrankfurt 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)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.2016.2
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
217 Blaffer Galleries
On view

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Department
Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation
Object Type
Provenance[Antiquariaat Junk, Amsterdam]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 2016.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
On spine: M.B. VALENTINI / MUSEUM / MUSEORUM. / PARS. / I.

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