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

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Geologie en Mijnbouw II, 1940, p. 41-44 (with portr.); IV, 1942, p. 33-38
(biogr., portr.); Jaarboek Ned. Akad. Wetensch. Amsterdam 1941-19Lf2, p. 185-
191 (with portr.); Ned. Kruidk. Arch. LI, 1941, p. 363; LII, 1942, p. 398;
Neerlandia XLVI, 1942, p. 57; NRC 28 March 1942; 31 March 1942 (cremation);
De Telegraaf 29 March 1942 (necrol..); 4 April 1942 (cremation); De Tijd 29
March 1942 (necrol.). Flora Malesiana 1950, Ser. I, I, p. 366; JWP III, p.
363; IV, p. 398; V, p. 247; W.P. Encycl. ed. 6, XIII, p. 788.
1056, MOLKMAN, Matthijs - Chief surgeon in Amboina.
Started a collection about 1685. During the fire in Amboina 1686-1687 he
lost a precious lot of very rare specimens, as did the old Rumphius, cf. Valentijn
1754, III, p. 44, 560.
1057. MOLL, Willem -
He had a travelling menagerie together with Anthony van Aken (q.v.). Hazewinkel
1939, in: Rotterdamsch Jaarboekje, p. 138 seq.
1058. MOLLEM, David van - bapt. 5 Oct. 1670 Utrecht - 8 July 1746 countryseat
"Zijdebalen", Utrecht. Owner of the silk manufactory "Zijdebalen", near
Utrecht.
His garden was from 1720 on famous for its curiosities, grottos, etc. Moreover
van Mollem possessed a cabinet of shells, but it is not known what became
of it. Haller 1883, p. 56, 61 (v. 1725-1726); Biema 1910, p. 90 (v.
1736); Poole 1743, II, p. 87 (v. 1741); Garampi 1889, p. 184 (v. 1762);
1899, p. 218-219 (v. 1764); Pennant 1948, p. 150 (v. 1765); Anonymous 1790,
p. 147-148 (v. 1784). Evelyn visited 1641 a silk manufactory of Mr. Seterveld
with an old-fashioned menagerie, see Evelyn 1879, p. 247. N.B. David
van Mollem' s mother was born Maria van Sijdervelt, so Seterveld probably
must be read as Sijdervelt. Seba 1734-1765, III, p. 112. Oud Holland XXVIII,
1910; Jutting 1939, p. 231, 237; Engel 1939, p. 298; 1961, p. 130; Boeseman
1970, p. 182. NNBW III, col. 876; Elias 1963, II, p. 839. S. Muller 1912:
Zijdebalen, Utrecht; A. Bienfait 1943: Oud-Hollandsche tuinen, pl. p. 251-
256, figs. p. 291-296.
1059. MOLLEN, Karel - 1854 - 1935. "The last falconer of Europe".
He possessed a small collection of stuffed birds at Valkenswaard. Part of
the collection in the boys-school at Valkenswaard, the remainder of his collection
has dispersed. W.H,Th. Knippenberg 1967, in: Avifauna van Noord Brabant,
p. 40-41.
1060. MOLTZER, J.G. -
Shells to Zool. Mus. Amsterdam in 1868, cf. Jutting 1939, p. 174.
1061, MORPURGO, I. -
Shells to Zool. Mus. Amsterdam in 1892, cf. Jutting 1939, p. 177.
1062. MOSSEL, Jacob - 28 Nov. 1704 Enkhuizen - 15 May 1761 Batavia. In 1721