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Museum Britannicum, : being an exhibition of a great variety of antiquities and natural curiosities, belonging to that noble and magnificent cabinet, the British Museum. Illustrated with curious prints, engraved after the original designs, from nature, other objects; and wit distinct explanations of each figure, by John and Andrew van Rymsdyk, pictors

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1778.
Call number: 258839
Creator: Rymsdyk, Jan van (active 1750-1788)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (folio)
Associated people: Rymsdyk, Andreas van, (1754-1786,)
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