Museum Wormianum, seu, Historia rerum rariorum : tam naturalium, quam artificialium, tam domesticarum, quam exoticarum, quae Hafniae Danorum in aedibus authoris servantur

Title Variants

Alternative: Historia rerum rariorum

By

Worm, Ole, 1588-1654

Elzevir, Daniel, 1626-1680
Elzevir, Jean, 1622-1661
Mander, Carel van, ca 1610-1670
Wingendorp, G. (Gerhard), active 1654-1681
Worm, Willum, 17th cent-

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Lugduni Batavorum, Apud Iohannem Elsevirium, 1655

Notes

Two other issues of 1655 have as printers Officina Elseviriorum, and Apud Ludovicum & Danielem Elzevirios. The present issue was actually printed by Johannes and Daniel Elzevier, though only Johannes is credited on t.p. See Rahir.

Edited by Worm's son Willum, who signed the dedication. See Willems.

Woodcut printer's device on t.p. with motto Non solus. Engraved plates comprise a full-page port. of the author by G. Wingendorp after C. van Mander, and a double-page view of the interior of the author's cabinet by Wingendorp, tipped onto a stub at the centerfold. Of additional in-text ill., 11 are engravings (2 full page), the remainder woodcuts. Head- and tail-pieces, initials.

Signatures: *⁶ A-3C⁴.

Includes index.

Willems, A. Elzevir, | 772

Rahir, E. Elzevier, | 775

Subjects

1588-1654 , 17th century , Antiquities , Archaeological collections , Cabinets of curiosities , Catalogs and collections , Copenhagen , Denmark , Early works to 1800 , Engravings , Natural history , Natural history collections , Netherlands , Pre-Linnean works , Private collections , Woodcuts , Worm, Ole,

Call Number

QH70.D4 W67 1655

Language

Latin

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.63844