Des Geöfneten Ritter-Platz Dritter Theil worinnen zu noch mehren galanten Wissenschaften anleitung gegeben und zwar besonders unterricht ertheilet wird was bey Raritäten-und Naturalien- Kammern Berg-werken Kauffmanschaft und Handlungen Manufacturen Künsten und Handwercken Hauptsächliches und Remarquables zu bemerken vorfället. Welchen beygefügt eine cureuse Nachricht von Erfindungen und Erfindern des Wissenschaften Künste und Handwercken.
112621Hamburg Johann Christoph Kistner 1723. 8vo. Engr. front 14; 2 168 10; 2 240 10; 2 202 2; 2 306 4; 167 1 pp. 17 engr. plates 3 fold. printed tabs. Contemporary full calf spine with raised bands and red label boards with gilt frame red marbled edges. This is the third and last part of the anonymoue edited â€Des Geöfneten Ritter-Platz†in a mixed edition with separate title pages for the different parts: â€Raritäten-und Naturalien- Kammern†1707 with 12 plates â€Berg-Werken†1720 with 5 plates â€Kauffmansbörse†1707 with 3 printed tables â€Manufacturen-Haus†1721 â€Curieuse Nachricht†1707.The first part is about the creation and maintenance of a cabinet of curiosities or Wunderkammern. It is a description on how to assemble an â€ideal†cabinet with instructions and advice how and what to collect: Naturalia plants minerals animals alive and stuffed shells and fossils ethnographic material coins and medals antiquities scientific instruments globes and maps clocks pictures manufactured curiosities and there is even a section devoted to ‘curiosities’ produced by women. There is also information on how to store and display the collection and the final 40 pages contain an annotated account of the chief cabinets throughout Europe. The third part on commerce and trade also contain a long chapter on coins and cureencies in Europe. hardcover
