The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Musæum Regalis Societatis, or, A catalogue & description of the natural and artificial rarities belonging to the Royal Society and preserved at Gresham Colledge
Secondary Title (i.e. Proceedings Title): Periodical Title: Publication Type:Book, Whole Authors:Grew,NehemiahEditors: Publisher:Printed by W. Rawlins for the author Place of Publication:London Publication Date:1681 Alternate Date (i.e. Conference Date): Volume: Issue: Start Page: End Page: Abstract: Descriptors/Keywords: ISBN: URL:http://library.usask.ca/scripts/remote?URL=http://gateway.proquest.com.cyber.usask.ca/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&res_id=xri:eebo&rft_val_fmt=&rft_id=xri:eebo:image:53394
Documents in Print Item: No Documents Listed in Print Item Attached People: Mentions or references - Hartlib, Samuel (1600-1662)
Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - Grew, Nehemiah (1641-1712)
Mentions or references - Aldinus, Tobias (-)
Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - Hunt, Henry (-1713)
Mentions or references - Serarius, Nikolaus (1555-1609)
Location(s): Mentioned - Huntley Cliffs (Site) -> North Yorkshire (Region)
Bibliographic Source(s): Nehemiah Grew: A Study and Bibliography ..., page: 28-40, notes:
Newton's Telescope and the Cataloguing o..., page: passim, notes:
Items Which List This As A Bibliographic Source: Historia Animalium..., page: , notes:
De Indiæ utriusque Re Naturali et ..., page: , notes:
Libri de piscibus marinis in quibus vera..., page: , notes:
MS 1927..., page: , notes: Source document for this inventory
MS 415..., page: , notes: Source document
Rarities of ye Royal Society. By Nehemia..., page: , notes: Source document for this inventory
A Catalogue of the chiefest rarityes in ..., page: , notes: Source document for this extract
Images Contained: Armadillo..., page: 229
Wild Boar Tusk..., page: 229
Spiked Short Whirle..., page: 239
Stone from a Dog's Bladder..., page: 230
Monkey's Throttle Bone..., page: 230
Table 1..., page: 229
Stone from the Urethra..., page: 229
Baby-Rousa Head..., page: 229
Hippopotamus Head..., page: 229
Muscovy Ram's Horns..., page: 230
Rhinoceros Skin..., page: 230
Greenland Deer's Horns..., page: 230
Greenland Stag's Leg..., page: 230
Table 3..., page: 231
Chequerd Tortoise Shell..., page: 231
Spiked Short Whirle..., page: 239
Chequerd Tortoise Shell..., page: 231
Virginia Tortoise Shell..., page: 231
Scaled Tortoise Shell..., page: 231
Table 4..., page: 233
Table 5..., page: 234
Ind: Stork's Head..., page: 233
Head of ye Albitros..., page: 234
Ind: Hern's Head..., page: 233
Phoenicopter's Head..., page: 233
Table 2..., page: 230
Two Eggs, Nestled..., page: 234
Bird's Nest..., page: 234
Another Bird's Nest..., page: 234
Sea-Unicorne..., page: 235
Under-Sword Fish's Head..., page: 235
Table 7..., page: 235
Square Fish..., page: 235
Long File Fish..., page: 235
Hare Globe Fish..., page: 235
Table 8..., page: 236
Square Acarauna..., page: 236
Mailed Fish..., page: 236
Smooth Star-Fish..., page: 236
Smooth Star-Fish..., page: 236
Crowned Star-Fish..., page: 236
Table 9..., page: 237
Wilk with Plaited Spikes..., page: 237
Wilk with Plaited Spikes..., page: 237
Lesser Persian Wilk..., page: 237
Lesser Persian Wilk..., page: 237
Flat Lip'd Snaile..., page: 237
Flat Lip'd Snaile..., page: 237
Diping Snaile..., page: 237
Diping Snaile..., page: 237
Table 10..., page: 238
Table 11..., page: 239
Square Wilk..., page: 238
Square Wilk..., page: 238
Long Square Wilk..., page: 238
Long Square Wilk..., page: 238
Thick Lipp'd Wilk..., page: 238
Thick Lipp'd Wilk..., page: 238
Triangular Wilk..., page: 238
Triangular Wilk..., page: 238
Inverted Wilk Snail..., page: 238
Concave Short Whirle..., page: 239
Concave Short Whirle..., page: 239
Objects Contained: No Objects Attached To This Item
Annotation:Except for the preliminaries, this and the 1685 edition are the same.
On the use of Grew's Musaeum Regalis in subsequent catalogues by the Royal Society, see Simpson, passim.
A committee was struck in 1729 to inspect the Society’s Library and collections, which they did by comparing specimens to the available catalogues, including Grew's (196)
Grew's catalogue served as a reference and starting point and paradigm for subsequent catalogues(Simpson, 195-7)
Simpson suggests that Henry Hunt, who, along with Michael Weeks, was responsible for cataloguing the library, was "most likely ... closely involved in the preparation of Grew’s catalogue also" (190).