Hendrik Engel's Alphabetical List Dutch Zoological Cabinets ... - DWC

Latin (1685-1722) as enumerated in Clifford Dobell's: Antony van Leeuwenhoek
and his "Little animals" (London-Amsterdam, 1932) (2nd edition: New York
1958). Since 1939 a complete edition, The Collected Letters, is in progress
under the auspices of the Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences (up to now 11
vols. have appeared). A. Schierbeek: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek. Zijn leven en
zijn werken, 2 vols, (Lochem 1950-1951); a concise English version is: Measuring
the invisible world: the life and works of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek,
F.R.S. (London-New York, 1959) (with a complete list of the many editions of
Leeuwenhoek's works"as an appendix). Vander Aa XI, p. 280-283; NNBW VI,
col. 922-926; JWP I, p. 445; II, p. 195; III, p. 359-360; IV, p. 394; V, p.
245; DSB VIII, p. 126-130. 4 pictures of Leeuwenhoek made during his lifetime
remain. He is a figure in the "Anatomische Les" (Anatomy Lesson) of Dr.
Cornelis 's-Gravensande, painted by Cornelis de Man in 1681, and now in the
Old and New Hospital, Delft. In 1686 Johannes Verkolje made two portraits of
him, one is a painting (now in Mus. Boerhaave), showing Leeuwenhoek and his
diploma of fellowship of the Royal Society, the other is a mezzotint engraving
of Leeuwenhoek holding one of his microscopes, Another engraving was
made by Jan Goeree about 1707, showing Leeuwenhoek in his old age.
907. LEIDEN -
On the "Burcht" Jacobaeus (1910, p. 10) in 1650 saw all sorts of animals.
See also Ferrner 1910, p. 462, who mentions a menagerie in 1759. (Rookmaaker
1973, p. SO, 52, 55, 56; 1978, p. 17; P. Camper 1782).
Wild animals were shown on the fair (Loisel 1912, II, p. 50),
Living and stuffed animals were also kept during a certain time in the Botanical
Garden of the University (Hunger 1927, p. 218, picture of Woudanus
1610, and p. 247, 266, 268, 280, 282; 1942, p. 11). Brereton 1844, p. 42 (v.
1634); Ogier 1910, p. 266 (v. 1636); Jacobaues 1910, p. 10 (v. 1650); Neill
1823, p. 161 (v. 1817); Anonyrnus 1819, p. 98 (v. 1819); Engel 1940, p. 204.
The Botanical Garden was founded 1587. In 1600 the "Ambulacrum" was added.
In 1685 and in 1736 the garden was enlarged, and again between 1816 and
1818, according to the plan, developed by Brugmans. Linnaeus 1731: Bibliotheca,
p. 71 seq.; Veendorp & Baas Becking 1938, p. 44, 66, 76, 111-112,
122, 136, 138 and 166.
The history of the zoological teaching has been written in 1926 by van der
Klaauw. It seems unnecessary to repeat here all the catalogues of the two
celebrated collections of natural history, the one in the Theatrum Anatomicum
and the one in the gallery of the Botanical Gardens. Vosmaer 1790 mentions
a catalogue (of sale?) of the Hortus collections, dated 1735. Cf. also
van der Klaauw 1926, p. 39, note 3, about the catalogues of the Theatrum
Anatomicum; and p. 3, note 7 on those of the cabinet of natural history. In
the UBA there are many editons. Pallas 1766b, p. 56; 1767-1777, VII, p. 27;
VIII, p. 20; IX, p. 12; Anonymus 1781, p. 110; Levaillant 1799, I, p. 36;
Murray 1904, I, p. 29, 190, 208, 287; II, p. 326; Hunger 1942, p. 11-12;
Gijzen 1938, p. 23, 28, 37. Boehmer 1785, I, p. 380; Dryander 1798-1800, I,
p. 222-223. Gerard Blancken in 1697 composed the first catalogue of the anatomy
(in Mus. Boerhaave); Sandifort 1827; Elshout 1952; Houtzager 1979, p.
154