Collection · 173 pieces

A Cabinet of Wonders

Anatomy plates, clock movements, manuscripts and the collectors’ curiosities.

From The Scriptorium 25The Anatomy Theatre 12Cabinet of Curiosities 11The Hermetica 10 and 2 more houses

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Asteridea

Ernst Haeckel (lithograph by Adolf Giltsch)

Lithograph, 1899–1904

PA-00271from $60

Horlogerie — Réveil à Poids

Robert Bénard, after Fossier

Plate, 18th century

PA-00530from $55

The Ideal Figure

Bernhard Siegfried Albinus, engr. Jan Wandelaar

Plate, 1747

PA-00939from $55

The Book of the Fixed Stars (Ottoman Copy)

'Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi

Plate, 18th century

PA-00260from $55

Horlogerie — Ouvrages et Outils

Robert Bénard, after Fossier

Plate, 18th century

PA-00529from $60

May — The Green Ride

The Limbourg Brothers (Herman, Paul & Jean de Limbourg); later folios completed by Jean Colombe

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1412–1416

PA-00910from $60

The Muscle Man

Andreas Vesalius

Plate, 1543

PA-00935from $55

The Man Who Holds His Own Skin

Juan Valverde de Amusco

Plate, 1556

PA-00937from $60

The Skeleton and the Rhinoceros

Bernhard Siegfried Albinus, engr. Jan Wandelaar

Plate, 1747

PA-00938from $60

The Gravid Uterus

William Hunter, drawn by Jan van Rymsdyk

Plate, 1774

PA-00948from $55

The Contemplating Skeleton

Andreas Vesalius

Plate, 1543

PA-00936from $60

The Anatomical Angel

Jacques-Fabien Gautier d’Agoty

Plate, 1746

PA-00941from $55

A Bourgery Plate

J.-B. M. Bourgery & N. H. Jacob

Lithograph, 1831–1854

PA-00945from $60

The Eustachian Plates

Bartolomeo Eustachi

Plate, published 1714

PA-00947from $60

Nudibranchia

Ernst Haeckel (lithograph by Adolf Giltsch)

Lithograph, 1899–1904

PA-00275from $60

A Clock Face and Its Mechanism

Unknown engraver

Engraving, 18th–19th century

PA-00532from $55

Anatomy of the Head

Jacques-Fabien Gautier d’Agoty

Plate, 1748

PA-00942from $60

Leaf with an Illuminated Initial D

Unidentified illuminator

Illuminated manuscript, 15th century

PA-00305from $55

The Zodiac Man

The Limbourg brothers

Plate, c. 1416

PA-00459from $55

The Melothesia

Engraver unknown

Engraving, c. 1660

PA-00460from $60

The Seven Planets

Engraver unknown

Engraving, c. 1530

PA-00463from $55

The Symbolical Head

O. S. & L. N. Fowler

Plate, c. 1859

PA-00470from $55

The Anatomical Man

The Limbourg Brothers (Herman, Paul & Jean de Limbourg); later folios completed by Jean Colombe

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1412–1416

PA-00918from $55

The Whale Mistaken for an Island

Unknown Franco-Flemish illuminator

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1270

PA-00927from $55

The Man and the Beast

Giambattista della Porta, after Charles Le Brun

Plate, 1586

PA-00475from $55

The Sun Rises Over the City

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00507from $60

The Four Evangelist Symbols

Unknown Insular scribe-artists (traditionally associated with the community of Columba, Iona and Kells)

Illuminated manuscript, c. 800 AD

PA-00902from $55

The Temptation of Christ

Unknown Insular scribe-artists (traditionally associated with the community of Columba, Iona and Kells)

Illuminated manuscript, c. 800 AD

PA-00904from $55

Christ Enthroned

Unknown Insular scribe-artists

Illuminated manuscript, c. 800 AD

PA-00920from $55

The Book of the Fixed Stars

'Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi

Plate, Copied late 15th century

PA-00259from $60

Discomedusae

Ernst Haeckel (lithograph by Adolf Giltsch)

Lithograph, 1899–1904

PA-00270from $60

Cubomedusae

Ernst Haeckel (lithograph by Adolf Giltsch)

Lithograph, 1899–1904

PA-00272from $60

Trochilidae

Ernst Haeckel (lithograph by Adolf Giltsch)

Lithograph, 1899–1904

PA-00273from $60

Spiders, Ants, and a Hummingbird

Maria Sibylla Merian

Plate, 1705

PA-00290from $55

Leaf with the Annunciation

Unidentified illuminator

Illuminated manuscript, 15th century

PA-00304from $60

Gall's Cranioscopy

Franz Joseph Gall

Plate, c. 1800

PA-00472from $55

The First Parable: Miners at the Rock

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00502from $55

The Eight-Circle Cross

Unknown Insular scribe-artists (traditionally associated with the community of Columba, Iona and Kells)

Illuminated manuscript, c. 800 AD

PA-00903from $55

January — The Duke's New Year

The Limbourg Brothers (Herman, Paul & Jean de Limbourg); later folios completed by Jean Colombe

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1412–1416

PA-00906from $60

August — The Falconry Party

The Limbourg Brothers (Herman, Paul & Jean de Limbourg); later folios completed by Jean Colombe

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1412–1416

PA-00917from $60

The Arms of the Art

attributed to Salomon Trismosin

Plate, c. 1582

PA-00449Display only

The Peacock’s Tail

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00506Display only

The Orloj, Engraved — 1837

after Czermak / Kandler

Engraving of the Prague astronomical clock, 1837

PA-00540Display only

February — The Peasants' Hearth

The Limbourg Brothers (Herman, Paul & Jean de Limbourg); later folios completed by Jean Colombe

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1412–1416

PA-00907Display only

November — Gathering Acorns

The Limbourg Brothers (Herman, Paul & Jean de Limbourg); later folios completed by Jean Colombe

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1412–1416

PA-00915Display only

The Lion, King of Beasts

Unknown English illuminator (made for the Benedictine priory of St Andrew, Rochester)

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1230

PA-00926Display only

A Skeleton, from the Osteographia

William Cheselden

Plate, 1733

PA-00940Display only

The Body at Life Size

Paolo Mascagni

Plate, 1823–1831

PA-00946Display only

Pieces

Asteridea

Horlogerie — Réveil à Poids

The Ideal Figure

The Book of the Fixed Stars (Ottoman Copy)

Horlogerie — Ouvrages et Outils

May — The Green Ride

The Muscle Man

The Man Who Holds His Own Skin

The Skeleton and the Rhinoceros

The Gravid Uterus

The Contemplating Skeleton

The Anatomical Angel

A Bourgery Plate

The Eustachian Plates

Nudibranchia

A Clock Face and Its Mechanism

Anatomy of the Head

Leaf with an Illuminated Initial D

The Zodiac Man

The Melothesia

The Seven Planets

The Symbolical Head

The Anatomical Man

The Whale Mistaken for an Island

The Man and the Beast

The Sun Rises Over the City

The Four Evangelist Symbols

The Temptation of Christ

Christ Enthroned

The Book of the Fixed Stars

Discomedusae

Cubomedusae

Trochilidae

Spiders, Ants, and a Hummingbird

Leaf with the Annunciation

Gall's Cranioscopy

The First Parable: Miners at the Rock

The Eight-Circle Cross

January — The Duke's New Year

August — The Falconry Party

The Arms of the Art

The Peacock’s Tail

The Orloj, Engraved — 1837

February — The Peasants' Hearth

November — Gathering Acorns

The Lion, King of Beasts

A Skeleton, from the Osteographia

The Body at Life Size