Museo Cospiano

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Title
Museo Cospiano
Description
Marquis Ferdinando Cospi (1601-1686) donated to the Senate of Bologna in 1660 his extensive collection of natural history specimens and archaeological objects, which was later combined with the vast botanical and zoological collections of Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605). This inventory of the collection was published at Cospi's expense and has numerous woodcuts and an impressive copper engraving of the interior of his museum. At top a bust of Dante overlooks the cabinet of curiosities, containing both natural and manmade animal specimens, fossils, shells, scientific instruments, and rare books, with Cospi and the museum's custodian Sebastiano Biavati below.
Call Number (click link to view in library catalog)
Q. 507 L52m
Authors
Legati, Lorenzo
Full Title
Museo Cospiano annesso a quello del famoso Ulisse Aldrovandi e donato alla sua patria dall'illustrissimo signor Ferdinando Cospi patrizio di Bologna e senatore cavaliere commendatore di S. Stefano, Balì d'Arezzo, e march. di Petriolo, fra' gli Accademici Gelati il fedele, e principe al presente de' medisimi, descrizione di Lorenzo Legati cremonese, dottor filosofo, medico, e pubblico professore delle lettere greche in Bologna, accademico apatista, e ansioso.
Date
1677
From the Exhibit
Building a Library: Sciences
Publisher
Per Giacomo Monti
Location
Bologna
Language
Italian
Rights
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Type
Text
Medium
Book
Bibliographic Citation
Legati, Lorenzo. Museo Cospiano annesso a quello del famoso Ulisse Aldrovandi e donato alla sua patria dall’illustrissimo signor Ferdinando Cospi. In Bologna: Per Giacomo Monti, 1677. Print.

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