Museum Regium (1689-1726) Four printed catalogues of the collection were produced - the Museum Regium suite - written in Latin. In 1687 King Christian V (ruled 1670-99) had instructed Holger Jacobæus (1650-1701), physician and Professor of History and Geography, to draw up a complete catalogue of the Kunstkammer collection. His hand-written inventory appeared in 1689, and came to serve as the basis for Museum Regium. It was the first catalogue produced after the transfer of the collection from the Castle to the Kunstkammer building. The first printed edition of Museum Regium was published in 1696, and included a number of illustrations. A supplementary volume appeared in 1699, while a new enlarged edition with several new illustrations was published in 1710. Johannes Laverentzen (c.1648-1729), the royal printer - and author of historical and numismatic works - was responsible for this edition. The series concluded in 1726 with an index. The intention with the Museum Regium was to acquaint the princes and scholars of Europe with the collections of the Danish monarch, and thereby vindicate Denmark's reputation as a European cultural centre. Title page of Museum Regium 1696 To previous page The Gottorp Kunstkammer To next page The inventories 1690-1827