Musæum Tradescantianum, or, A collection of rarities preserved at South-Lambeth neer London / by John Tradescant.

  • Tradescant, John, 1608-1662.
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[Oxford] : [University of Oxford], [1925]

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72 pages : portraits ; 17 cm.

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"... Prepared by R. T. Gunther for the opening of the Old Ashmolean Museum "
"Pages 74 to 178, containing the remainder of the Catalogus plantarum in horto Iohannis Tradescanti nascentium, are omitted in this reprint"
Catalog of a collection made by John Tradescant and his son, left by the latter to Elias Ashmole, who presented it to Oxford university in 1683, where it formed the nucleus of the Old Ashmolean museum, but was later dispersed. The first natural history museum in Britain
Facsimile reprint of the London : John Grismond, 1656 edition.
Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Coombes

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