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Museum Geversianum, sive, index rerum naturalium: Continens instructissimam copiam pretiosissimorum omnis generis ex tribus regnis naturae objectorum: Quam dum in vivis erat magna diligentia multaque cura comparavit Abrahamus Gevers.

Publication Details

Rotterdam: P. et J. Holsteyn bibliopolas, 1787 CE.

Posthumously published classified listing of the immense museum of natural history specimens collected by Gevers, member of the town council, may of Rotterdam, and director of the Dutch East-Indian Company (VOC). Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#12976
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/15224
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLmuseum-geversianum-sive-index-rerum-naturalium-continens-instructissimam-copiam-pretiosissimorum-omnis-generis-ex-tribus-regnis-naturae-objectorum-quam-dum-in-vivis-erat-magna-diligentia-multaque-cura-comparavit-abrahamus-gevers-

Geographic Context

Publication place: Rotterdam