Подробнее о принципе подбора экспонатов кабинетов редкостей см.: Menzhausen J. Elector Augustus’s Kunstkammer: An Analysis of the Inventory of 1587 // The Origins of Museums. The Cabinet of Curiosities in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Europe / Ed. by O. Impey and A. MacGregor. Oxford, 1985. P. 8; Fucikova E. The Collection of Rudolf II at Prague: Cabinet of Curiosity or Scientific Museum? // The Origins of Museums. The Cabinet of Curiosities in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Europe / Ed. by O. Impey and A. MacGregor.Oxford, 1985. P. 51.