Essay Review: “A World of Wonders in One Closet Shut”: Elias Ashmole 1617–1692: The Founder of the Ashmolean Museum and His World, Tradescant's Rarities: Essays on the Foundation of the Ashmolean Museum 1683 with a Catalogue of the Surviving Early Collections, the Ashmolean Museum and Oxford Science 1683–1983Elias Ashmole 1617–1692: The Founder of the Ashmolean Museum and His World. HunterMichael with GarlickKenneth, MayhewN. J. and de la MareAlbinia . Pp. xii + 92, with 12 plates. £6.95.Tradescant's Rarities: Essays on the Foundation of the Ashmolean Museum 1683 with a Catalogue of the Surviving Early Collections. Edited by MacGregorArthur. Pp. xiv + 382, with 186 plates. £75.The Ashmolean Museum and Oxford Science 1683–1983. SimcockA. V. . Pp. viii + 28, with 25 illustrations. £3 [Book Review]

History of Science 24 (2):209-215 (1986)
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