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Museum Wormianum., seu, Historia rerum rariorum : tam naturalium, quam artificialium, tam domesticarum, quam exoticarum, quae Hafniae Danorum in aedibus authoris servantur. / Adornata ab Olao Worm ... ; variis & accuratis iconibus illustrata.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Worm, Ole, 1588-1654.
- Series:
- Early European books.
- Language:
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Worm, Ole, 1588-1654--Natural history collections.
- Worm, Ole.
- Worm, Ole, 1588-1654--Archaeological collections.
- Worm, Ole, 1588-1654.
- Cabinets of curiosities--Denmark--Copenhagen--Early works to 1800.
- Cabinets of curiosities.
- Natural history--Catalogs and collections--Denmark--Copenhagen--Pre-Linnean works.
- Natural history.
- Antiquities--Private collections--Denmark--Copenhagen--Early works to 1800.
- Antiquities.
- Antiquities--Private collections.
- Natural history--Catalogs and collections.
- Archaeological museums and collections.
- Denmark--Copenhagen.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (12 unnumbered pages, 389 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, portrait
- Other Title:
- Historia rerum rariorum
- Place of Publication:
- Lugduni Batavorum, : Apud Iohannem Elsevirium, ..., MDCLV. [1655]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- 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.
- "M" and "D" of publication date appear in apostrophic form on the t.p.
- "Authores quorum in hoc opere mentio sit"-P. 10 of preliminaries.
- Reproduction of original in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Netherlands).
- Includes index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest, 2010 Mode of access: World Wide Web. Available to subscribing institutions. s2010 miun o
- Cited in:
- Willems, A. Elzevir, 772
- Rahir, E. Elzevier, 775
- Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Netherlands) catalog, 40 E 10
- STNC, 832790931
- OCLC:
- 890408671
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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