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Musaeum Tradescantianum: Or, a collection of rarities preserved at South-Lambeth neer London by John Tradescant.

Publication Details

London: Printed by John Grismond for Nathanael Brooke, 1656 CE.

Catalogue of the first natural museum in England, the collection made by John Tradescant the Elder and the Younger, and left by John Tradescant the Younger to Elias Ashmole, who, along with Thomas Wharton, helped the younger Tradescant compile the catalogue. Ashmole presented the museum to Oxford University where it became the basis for the old Ashmolean Museum. This book includes on pp. 73-178, Catalogus plantarum in horto Johannes Tradescanti nascentium." Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

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Entry Number#13071
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/15323
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External URLmusaeum-tradescantianum-or-a-collection-of-rarities-preserved-at-southlambeth-neer-london

Geographic Context

Publication place: London

Mentioned in annotation: Oxford