Musaeum Regalis Societatis, or, A catalogue & description of the natural and artificial rarities belonging to the Royal Society and preserved at Gresham Colledge made by Nehemiah Grew ... ; whereunto is subjoyned The comparative anatomy of stomachs and guts / by the same author
Royal Society (Great Britain).) Museum Search this
Royal Society (Great Britain).) Museum Search this
Physical description:
[12], 386, [6], 43, [3] pages, 31 [that is, 32] leaves of plates (1 folded) illustrations (engravings), portrait 32 cm (folio)
Type:
Early works to 1800
Portraits
Catalogs
Pre-Linnean works
Catalog
Autographs (Provenance)
Blind tooled bindings (Binding)
Calf bindings (Binding)
Early works
Engravings
Fillet tools (Binding)
Folio format (Printing)
Panel-stamped bindings (Binding)
Place:
England
London
Date:
1681
17th century
Notes:
"An index of some medicines"--Page [1], 3rd group
Errata: at foot of page [12] (1st group)
Second work has separate title page: The comparative anatomy of stomachs and guts begun : being several lectures read before the Royal Society in the year, 1676 / by Nehemiah Grew ... London : Printed by W. Rawlins ..., 1681. The title page is printed on leaf 3D4r, the last leaf of the first series of signatures
Signatures: A⁶ B-3D⁴,²A-E⁴ F⁴(-F4)
Title page of The comparative anatomy of stomachs and guts on 3D4r (verso blank), preceded by blank leaf 3D3
With unsigned engraved frontispiece portrait of Daniel Colwall ("Daniel Colwal armiger Musai Regalis Societatis fundator"), after an engraved portrait by R. White. Colwall, the dedicatee, paid for the engravings
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd edition), G1952
English short title catalogue, R23326
Morton, L.T. Morton's medical bibliography, 297
Catalogue of printed books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library, III, page 164
Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. Heirs of Hippocrates (3rd edition), 640
Also available online
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SCDIRB and SCNHRB each have a copy
SCDIRB copy (39088002514222) is imperfect: lacking frontispiece portrait and plate 4, which is supplied in facsimile
SCDIRB copy bound in early sprinkled calf binding, title in gilt within leather spine label, red edges
SCDIRB copy has bookplate: Burndy Library, gift of Bern Dibner
SCDIRB copy has occasional contemporary ink ms. corrections to text
SCDIRB copy inscribed in ink on front paste-down: Ex Libris JM
SCDIRB copy inscribed on 1st front free endpaper: James Simon Fellow of the Royal Society & of the Society of Antiquaries of London, & member of the Dublin-Society. 12:6 (at head of inscription: no. 14)
SCNHRB copy (39088002514230) has occasional contemporary ink ms. corrections to text
SCNHRB copy has armorial bookplates of James Comerford and of George Molineux
SCNHRB copy has blind-embossed stamp on 2nd leaf: Smithsonian Institution National Museum
SCNHRB copy in three-quarters binding of maroon leather and marbled boards, title in gilt on spine
Contents:
Pt. 1. Of animals -- pt. 2. Of plants -- pt. 3. Of minerals -- pt. 4. Of artificial matters
