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Natural History Museums / Wunderkammern

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1913 CEOur vanishing wild life: Its extermination and reservation.
HORNADAY, William Temple (1854 – 1937)
HORNADAY, William Temple (1854 – 1937)
1924 CE​–1929 CEA bibliography of American natural history. The pioneer century. The role played by the scientific societies; scientific journals; natural history museums and botanic gardens; state geological and natural history surveys; federal exploriing expeditions in the rise and progress of American botany, geology, mineralogy, paleontology and zoology. 3 vols.
MEISEL, Max
1771 CEA catalogue of the animals of North America: Containing, an enumeration of the known quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fish, insects, crustaceous and testaceous animals ... to which are added short directions for collecting, preserving, and transporting, all kinds of natural history curiosities.
FORSTER, Johann Reinhold (1729 – 1798)
FORSTER, Johann Reinhold (1729 – 1798)
1809 CEA companion to the Liverpool Museum, containing a brief description of upwards of seven thousand natural and foreign curiosities, antiquities and productions of fine arts, collected during several years of arduous research, and at an expense of upwards of twenty thousand pounds. And now open for inspection, in the Great Room, No. 22, Piccadilly, London, which has been fitted up for the purpose in a manner entirely new.
BULLOCK, William (1773 – 1849)
BULLOCK, William (1773 – 1849)
1790 CEA companion to the museum, (Late Sir Ashton Lever's) removed to Albion Street, the Surry end of Black Friar's Bridge.
LEVER, Sir Ashton (1729 – 1788)
LEVER, Sir Ashton (1729 – 1788)
1801 CEA concise and descriptive catalogue of all the natural and artificial curiosities in the museum of W. H. Yate, Esq. at Bromesberrow-Place near Glocester: being the extensive and valuable collection of the late Dr. Greene, of Lichfield, with many additions, collected by the present proprietor.
YATE, Walter Honywood
YATE, Walter Honywood
GREENE, Richard (1716 – 1793)
GREENE, Richard (1716 – 1793)
1815 CEA descriptive catalogue of a museum of antiquities and foreign curiosities, natural and artifical, including models illustrative of military and naval affairs, armour and weapons, instruments of torture, polytheism, sepulchres, with the manner of depositing the dea, the costume of different nations, manuscripts, natural history, including anatomy &, &c, &c. Collected by P. Dick, Sloane-Street.
DICK, Peter ( – 1821)
1828 CEA prodromus of a synopsis animalium, comprising a catalogue raisonné, of the zootomical collection of Joshua Brookes, Esq., F.R.S. etc. Part the first; and of the anatomical preparations; part the second, which will be sold by auction in various lots about the middle of May, unless the whole be previously purchased by private contract, including the large and interesting department of nature history, etc. & c., the catalogue of which is now preparing, and will be published as speedily as possible. Likewise the extensive premises....2 vols.
BROOKES, Joshua (1761 – 1833)
BROOKES, Joshua (1761 – 1833)
1771 CEAldrovandus Lotharingiae, ou catalogue des animaux, quardupedes, reptiles, oseaux, poissons, insectes, vermisseaux et coquillages qui habitent la Lorraine et les Trois-Évechés.
BUC'HOZ, Pierre-Joseph (1731 – 1807)
1836 CECatalogue des oiseaux.
LAUGIER DE CHARTROUSE, Guillaume Michel Jérôme Meiffren (1772 – 1843)
1843 CECatalogue of Reptiles contained in the Museum of the Medical Department of the Army, Fort Pitt, Chatham.
GREAT BRITAIN. ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
1830 CE​–1860 CECatalogue of the contents of the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England: Parts I-II , Plants and invertebrate animals in the dried state (1860); Part III, The human and comparative osteology (1830); Part IV, Fasiculus I, Comprehending the first division of the preparations of natural history in spirit (1830); Part V, comprehending the preparations of monsters and malformed parts in spirit, and in a dried state (1831); Part VI, Comprehending the vascular and miscellaneous preparations in a dried state (1831).
HUNTER, John (1728 – 1793)
HUNTER, John (1728 – 1793)
1806 CECatalogue of the Leverian Museum : part I[-VI] ... the sale of the entire collection by Messrs. King and Lochee will commence on Monday, the 5th of May, 1806 at twelve o'clock.
LEVER, Sir Ashton (1729 – 1788)
LEVER, Sir Ashton (1729 – 1788)
DONOVAN, Edward (1768 – 1837)
DONOVAN, Edward (1768 – 1837)
1804 CECatalogue of the natural productions and curiosities, which compose the collections of the Cabinet of Natural History, opened for public exhibition, at No. 38, William-Street, New-York.
DELACOSTE, J. B.
1808 CECatalogue of the principal objects of curiosity [in the collection of Edward Donovan] contained in the London Museum and Institute of Natural History, Catherine Street, Strand, now open to the inspection of the public.
DONOVAN, Edward (1768 – 1837)
DONOVAN, Edward (1768 – 1837)
1879 CE​–1891 CECatalogue of the specimens illustrating the osteology and dentition of vertebrated animals, recent and extinct, contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 3 vols.: Part 1. Man: Homo sapiens.... Part II: Class Mammalia, other than man... Part III: Class Aves.
HUNTER, John (1728 – 1793)
HUNTER, John (1728 – 1793)
FLOWER, William Henry (1831 – 1899)
FLOWER, William Henry (1831 – 1899)
SHARPE, Richard Bowdler (1847 – 1909)
SHARPE, Richard Bowdler (1847 – 1909)
1767 CECatalogue systématique et raisonné des curiosités de la nature et de l’art, qui composent le cabinet de M. Davila, avec figures en taille-douce. 3 vols.
ROMÉ DE L'ISLE, Jean-Baptiste Louis (1736 – 1790) DÁVILA, Pedro Franco (1711 – 1788)
1740 CECatalogus ofte naamlyst der voornaamste zaken, dewelke op de anatomie-kamer der stadt Rotterdam te zien zyn.
ROTTERDAM ANATOMICAL THEATRE
1718 CECatalogus zahlreicher, nützlicher, und sonderbahrer von Natur- und Kunst gebildeter Seltenheiten, in Regno Animali, Vegetabili, und Minerali, welche ehemals mit grosser Mühe, langer Zeit und schweren Kosten gesammelt, und zusammen gebracht hat.
SPENER, Christian Maximilian (1678 – 1714)
1893 CECentenaire de la fondation de Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 10 juin 1793 - 10 juin 1893. Volume commemoratif publiée par les professeurs du muséum.
MUSÉUM D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE
1831 CECircular of the Philadelphia Museum: Containing directions for the preparation and preservation of objects of natural history.
PEALE, Titian Ramsay (1799 – 1885)
PEALE, Titian Ramsay (1799 – 1885)
1622 CEContinuatio rariorum et aspectu dignorum varii generis quae collegit et suis impensis aeri ad vivum indici curavit atque evulgavit....
BESLER, Basilius (1561 – 1629)
BESLER, Basilius (1561 – 1629)
1726 CEDanubius pannonico-mysicus, observationibus geographicis, astronomicis, hydrographicis, historicis, physicis perlustratus et in sex tomos digestus. 6 vols.
MARSILI, Luigi Ferdinando [MARSIGLI] (1658 – 1730)
1565 CEDe omni rerum fossilium genere, gemmis, lapidibus, metallis, et huiusmodi, libri aliquote, plerique nunc primum editi.
GESNER, Conrad [Konrad Gessner] (1516 – 1565) KENTMANN, Johannes (1518 – 1574)
1584 CEDe reconditis et praecipuis collectaneis ab honestissimo et solertissimo Francisco Calceolario Veronensi in Musaeo adservatis, Joannis Baptistae Olivi medici testificatio.
CALCEOLARI, Francesco (Calzolari) (1522 – 1609)
OLIVA, Giovanni Battista (Olivi)
OLIVA, Giovanni Battista (Olivi)
1782 CEDeliciae Cobresianae. J. P. Cobres Büchersammlung zur Naturgeschichte. 2 vols.
COBRES, Joseph Paul Edler von (1745 – 1823)
COBRES, Joseph Paul Edler von (1745 – 1823)
1599 CEDell'historia naturale di Ferrante Imperato napolitano Libri XXVIII. Nella quale ordinatamente si tratta della diversa condition di miniere, e pietre. Con alcune historie di piante et animali; sin hora non date in luce.
IMPERATO, Ferrante (1525 – 1615)
1746 CEDescription abregée du fameux cabinet de Mr. Le Chevalier de Baillou pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des pierres précieuses, métaux, minéraux, et autre fossiles.
BAILLOU, Johann Ritter von (Giovanni Baillou; Jean Baillou) (1679 – 1758) SAINT-LAURENT, Joannon de (1746 – )
1859 CEDescriptive catalogue of the specimens of natural history in spirit contained in the museum Vertebrata: Pisces, Reptilia, Aves, Mammalia.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND
1898 CEEssays on museums and other subjects connected with natural history.
FLOWER, William Henry (1831 – 1899)
FLOWER, William Henry (1831 – 1899)
1616 CE​–1622 CEFasciculus rariorum et aspectu dignorum varii generis quae collegit et suis impensis aeri ad vivum incidi curavit atque evulgavit.
BESLER, Basilius (1561 – 1629)
BESLER, Basilius (1561 – 1629)
1992 CEFinders, Keepers: Eight collectors.
GOULD, Stephen Jay (1941 – 2002)
GOULD, Stephen Jay (1941 – 2002) PURCELL, Rosamond Wolff (1942 – )
1674 CEGottorffische Kunst-Kammer: worinnen allerhand ungemeine Sachen, so theils die Natur, theils künstliche Hände hervor gebracht und bereitet : vor diesem aus allen vier Theilen der Welt zusammen getragen, und vor einigen Jahren beschrieben, auch mit behörigen Kupffern gezieret.
OLEARIUS, Adam (1599 – 1671)
OLEARIUS, Adam (1599 – 1671)
1754 CE​–1764 CEHans Maj:ts Adolf Frideriks vår allernådigste konungs naturalie samling innehållande sällsynte och främmande djur, som bevaras på kongl. lust-slottet Ulriksdahl beskrefne och afrit. Museum Adolfi Friderici ... in quo animalia rariora imprimis, et exotica: Quadrupedia, aves, amphibia, pisces, insecta, vermis. Vol. 2: Museum S:ae R:ae M:tis Adolphi Friderici Regis Svecorum, Gothorum, Vandalorumque &c. &c. &c. in quo Animalia rariora imprimis & exotica: Aves, Amphibia, Piscis describuntur. Tomi secundi Prodromus.
LINNAEUS, Carl (Linné) (1707 – 1778)
LINNAEUS, Carl (Linné) (1707 – 1778)
1823 CEHistoire de description du Muséum royal d'histoire naturelle, ouvrage rédigé d'après les ordres de l'administration du muséum.
DELEUZE, Joseph-Philippe-François (1753 – 1835)
1613 CEHortus Eystettensis: Sive, diligens et accurata omnium plantarum, florum, stirpium, ex variis orbis terrae partibus, singulari studio collectarum, quae in celeberrimis viridariis arcem episcopalem ibidem cingentibus, hoc tempore conspiciuntur, delineatio et aduiuum repræsentatio.
BESLER, Basilius (1561 – 1629)
BESLER, Basilius (1561 – 1629)
2012 CEIl Museo di storia naturale dell'Università degli studi di Firenze. Vol. 4, Le collezioni mineralogiche e litologiche.
PRATESI, Giovanni & et al.
2014 CEIl Museo di storia naturale dell'Università degli studi di Firenze. Vol. 5, Le collezioni antropologiche ed etnologiche.
CECCHI, Jacopo Moggi STANYON, Roscoe
2009 CEIl Museo di storia naturale dell'Università degli studi di Firenze. Volume 1, Le collezioni della Specola : zoologia e cere anatomiche.
BARSANTI, Giulio CHELAZZI, Guido
2010 CEIl Museo di storia naturale dell'Università degli studi di Firenze. Volume 3, Le collezioni geologiche e paleontologiche.
MONECHI, Simonetta ROOK, Lorenzo
1742 CEIndex testarum conchyliorum quae adservantur in Museo Nicolai Gualtieri ... et methodice distributae exhibentur tabulae CX.
GUALTIERI, Niccoló (1688 – 1744)
GUALTIERI, Niccoló (1688 – 1744)
1794 CEInstructions for collecting and preserving various subjects of natural history; as animals, birds, reptiles, shells, corals, plants, &c. Together with A treatise on the management of insects in their several states; selected from the best authorities.
DONOVAN, Edward (1768 – 1837)
DONOVAN, Edward (1768 – 1837)
1692 CELe cabinet de la Bibliothèque de Sainte-Geneviève. Divisé en deux parties. Contenant les antiquitez de la religion des Chrétiens, des Egyptiens, & des Romains, des tombeaux, des poids & des medailles; des monnoyes, des pierres antiques gravées, & des minéraux; des talismans, des lampes antiques, des animaux les plus rares et les plus singuliers, des coquilles les plus considérables, des fruits étrangers, & quelques plantes exquises.
DU MOLINET, Claude (1620 – 1687)
1609 CELe iardin, et cabinet poetique de Paul Contant, apoticaire de Poictiers.
CONSTANT, Paul (1562 – 1629)
1854 CELe Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Histoire de la fondation et les développements successifs de l'établissement; Biographie des hommes célèbres qui y ont contribué par leur enseignement ou par leurs découvertes, histoire des recherches, des voyages, des applications utiles auxquels le muséum a donné lieu, pour les arts, le commerce et l'agriculture; description des galeries, du jardin, des serres et de la ménagerie.
GRATACAP, Paul-Antoine (CAP) (1788 – 1877)
1628 CELes oeuvres de Jacques et Paul Contant pere et fils maistres apoticaires de la ville de Poictiers. Divisées en cinq traictez. 1. Les commentaires sur Dioscoride. 2. Le second Eden. 3. Exagoge mirabilium naturae e gazophylacio. 4. Synopsis plantarum cum ethymologiis. 5. Le jardin & cabinet poëtique ....
CONSTANT, Jacques ( – 1588) CONSTANT, Paul (1562 – 1629)
1734 CE​–1765 CELocupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio et iconibus artificiosissmis expressio per universam physices historiam. 4 vols.
SEBA, Albertus (1665 – 1736)
SEBA, Albertus (1665 – 1736)
1758 CEMémoire instructif sur la manière de rassembler, de preparer, de conserver, et d’envoyer les diverses curiosités d’histoire naturelle; auquel ... Avis pour le transport par mer, des arbres, des plantes vivaces, des semences, & diverse autres curiosités d'histoire naturelle.
TURGOT, Étienne-François
1717 CEMetallotheca opus posthumum, auctoritate, & munificentia Clementis undecimi pontificis maximi e tenebris in lucem eductum; opera autem, & studio Ioannis Mariae Lancisii archiatri pontificii illustratum.
LANCISI, Giovanni Maria (1654 – 1720)
LANCISI, Giovanni Maria (1654 – 1720)
MERCATI, Michele (1541 – 1593)
MERCATI, Michele (1541 – 1593)
1622 CEMusaeum Franc. Calceolari Jun. Veronensis, a Benedicto Ceruto, medico, inceptum, et ab Andrea Chiocco, med. physico, descriptum et perfectum.
CERUTI, Benedetto ( – 1620) CHIOCCO, Andrea ( – 1624) CALCEOLARI, Francesco (Calzolari) (1522 – 1609)