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Ole Worm (b. 1588, d. 1654)

Ole Worm: Museum Wormianum seu Historia Rerum Rariorum [...] Leiden: Elszevier 1655. Folio. Complete, with double-page engraved plate showing the interior of the museum by Wingendorp, the engraved portrait of Worm by Wingendorp, after Carl van Mander, 11 engraved illustr. and numerous woodcut illustrations, woodcut vignettes and initials. Double-page plate + Title-page + Portrait + 4 pp. of dedication + 6 pp. of preface and index capitum + 389, 3 (index) pp. Previous owner's names on fly leaf. Damp staining to lower right corner throughout. Front free end paper with minor tear. Bound in cont. full vellum. Upper and lower part of spine with minor repairs.

Worm's famous catalogue of the collections of the first Danish museum. The engraved title illustrates the exhibition in the museum.

Bibl. Dan. II 159. Thesaurus 732.

Provenance: Book Collector and Doctor of Medicine Torben Schiødt (1926–2009).

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Books and manuscripts, 12 December 2017

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