Research Catalog

Title

Museum Britannicum, [electronic resource] : being an exhibition of a great variety of antiquities and natural curiosities, belonging to that noble and magnificent cabinet, the British Museum. Illustrated with curious prints, engraved after the original designs, from nature, other objects; and wit distinct explanations of each figure, by John and Andrew van Rymsdyk, pictors.

Author

Rymsdyk, Jan van, active 1750-1788.

Publication

London : printed by I. Moore, for the authors, Charles-Street, St. James's-Square, 1778.

Details

Additional Authors

Rymsdyk, Andreas van, 1754-1786.

Description

[4],xvi,84p., 30 plates; 2⁰.

Subject

• Hunter, William, 1718-1783
• British Museum
• Antiquities
• Curiosities and wonders
• Resentment > Specimens
• Natural history > Pictorial works

Note

• Titlepage in red and black.
• Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Indexed In (note)

• English Short Title Catalog

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic reproduction.

OCLC

• 642108312
• ECCO1-N10353

Author

Rymsdyk, Jan van, active 1750-1788.

Title

Museum Britannicum, [electronic resource] : being an exhibition of a great variety of antiquities and natural curiosities, belonging to that noble and magnificent cabinet, the British Museum. Illustrated with curious prints, engraved after the original designs, from nature, other objects; and wit distinct explanations of each figure, by John and Andrew van Rymsdyk, pictors.

Imprint

London : printed by I. Moore, for the authors, Charles-Street, St. James's-Square, 1778.

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

Indexed In:

English Short Title Catalog, N10353.

Connect to:

Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.

Added Author

Rymsdyk, Andreas van, 1754-1786. Author