The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Marchese Ferdinando Cospi (1606 - 1686)
Bolognese nobleman and collector; in 1657 donated his cabinet of curiosities for the use of scholars to the city of Bologna. Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinando_Cospi#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPetrucci1984-1 CollectorRelevant locations: Residence at Bologna, Emilia-Romagna
Linked print sources: as Subject of/in a document - Museo Cospiano: annesso a quello del famoso Ulisse Aldrovandi e donato ala sua patria dall'illustrissimo Signor Ferdinando Cospi... march. di Petriolo... descrizione di Lorenzo Legati..
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