Collection · 173 pieces

A Cabinet of Wonders

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

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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

The Muscle Man

Andreas Vesalius

Plate, 1543

PA-00935from $55

The Earth at the Centre

Scan by NYPL

Engraved plate

PA-02375from $55

The Months and the Signs

Scan by NYPL

Engraved plate

PA-02376from $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

The Melothesia

Medieval manuscript

Engraved plate

PA-02281from $60

The Sun Rises Over the City

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00507from $60

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

The First Parable: Miners at the Rock

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00502from $55

The Zodiac Man

Limbourg brothers

Engraved plate, 1416

PA-02277from $60

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

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

The Fourth Muscle Man

Andreas Vesalius (woodcut, Basel workshop of Johannes Oporinus)

Woodcut, 1543

PA-00276Display only

Arma Artis — The Arms of the Art

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00500Display only

The Knight Upon Two Fountains

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00501Display only

The Fifth Parable: The Two-Headed Figure

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00503Display only

Three Birds Contend Within the Vessel

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00504Display only

The Three-Headed Dragon of the Sun

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00505Display only

Ripley Scroll — Beinecke Mellon MS 41

Unknown English scribe-illuminator; verses attributed to George Ripley and Richard Carpenter

Plate, c. 1570

PA-00521Display only

The First Pendulum Clock

Christiaan Huygens

Plate, 1673

PA-00534Display only

Horologium Oscillatorium — Title Leaf

Christiaan Huygens

Plate, 1673

PA-00535Display only

A Bracket Clock Movement

after Abraham Rees (ed.)

Plate, c. 1810s

PA-00536Display only

Voyage Fait par Ordre du Roi, 1768–1769

Ferdinand Berthoud

Plate, 1768–1769

PA-00537Display only

Holbein’s Design for a Clocksalt — 1543

Hans Holbein the Younger

Plate, 1543

PA-00542Display only

De Vick’s Clock of 1379

after Abraham Rees (ed.)

Plate, c. 1810s

PA-00543Display only

Pieces

Asteridea

Horlogerie — Réveil à Poids

The Ideal Figure

The Book of the Fixed Stars (Ottoman Copy)

Horlogerie — Ouvrages et Outils

The Muscle Man

The Earth at the Centre

The Months and the Signs

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

The Melothesia

The Sun Rises Over the City

The Book of the Fixed Stars

Discomedusae

Cubomedusae

Trochilidae

Spiders, Ants, and a Hummingbird

The First Parable: Miners at the Rock

The Zodiac Man

The Peacock’s Tail

The Orloj, Engraved — 1837

A Skeleton, from the Osteographia

The Body at Life Size

The Fourth Muscle Man

Arma Artis — The Arms of the Art

The Knight Upon Two Fountains

The Fifth Parable: The Two-Headed Figure

Three Birds Contend Within the Vessel

The Three-Headed Dragon of the Sun

Ripley Scroll — Beinecke Mellon MS 41

The First Pendulum Clock

Horologium Oscillatorium — Title Leaf

A Bracket Clock Movement

Voyage Fait par Ordre du Roi, 1768–1769

Holbein’s Design for a Clocksalt — 1543

De Vick’s Clock of 1379