Contributions

  • Besler, Michael Rupert, 1607-1661 - Contributor
  • Lochner, Michael Friedrich, 1662-1720 - Contributor
  • Lochner, Johann Heinrich, 1695-1715 - Contributor
  • Heumann, Georg Daniel, 1691-1759, engraver - Contributor
  • Bayer, Frederick M., former owner - Contributor

Publication

1716 - s.n. ], [Nuremberg, Germany

Language

Latin

Word Count

28,000 words, Guess

Page Count

112 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCQH71.B35 B4

Description

A description with commentary of the natural history museum of Basilius Besler and his nephew Michael Rupert. The collection had been illustrated in previous publications including Besler's Fasciculus of 1616 and Rupert's Gazophylacium of 1642. This work is a more elaborate publication with 40 smaller engravings of the various collected objects (fruits, birds, alligators, fish, fossils, corals, etc.), 24 of which were previously depicted in the earlier works, 16 which were additional illustrations.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Rariora musei Besleriani quae olim Basilius et Michael Rupertus Besleri collegerunt: aeneisque tabulis ad vivum incisa evulgarunts.n. ]1716-01-01

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