Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or a catalogue & description of the natural and artificial rarities belonging to the Royal Society and preserved at Gresham Colledge. Made
Royal Society Museum
Category
Books
Date
1681
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3009446
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12],386,[4];43,[1]p.,[1], [32] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill., port. ; fol. Text corrected by William Windham (1647-1689), e.g. p.239. Old Felbrigg shelfmarks on front pastedown: P6, Q6. Provenance: manuscript on pastedown in a seventeenth-century hand: Will Windham [William Windham (1647-1689)]. Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate: William Windham Esquire [i.e. William Windham (1717-1761)]. Binding: seventeenth-century sprinkled calf, double blind fillet border, with triple blind fillet panel, with cornerpieces; gilt roll on board edges; red sprinkled edges, manuscript spine title: Rarities of Gresham College.
Makers and roles
Royal Society Museum Nehemiah Grew (1641-1712)