Museum Britannicum; or, a display ... in [sic] antiquities and natural curiosities, in ... the British Museum .... / [Jan van Rymsdyk].

Jan van Rymsdyk, Boyle, P., British Museum · 1791 · London : Printed for the editor, by J. Moore, 1791. · 34 pictures

A catalogue of selected antiquities and natural curiosities from the British Museum, drawn and engraved by the Dutch-born medical draughtsman Jan van Rymsdyk and printed for the editor in London in 1791 for antiquarians and collectors. Each plate floats two to six objects—amulets, a carved hand, cowrie shells, coral and fossil specimens, coins, a mounted ring of beads—on empty paper with figure letters and a plate number, giving designers isolated dark-toned engraved objects that cut out cleanly for spot illustration.

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