To have and to hold an intimate history of collectors and collecting

"Investigating the history of collecting from the Renaissance to our day. Blom shows a multiplicity of worlds: the scientific cabinets of the fifteenth century and an Italian scholar employed as dragon slayer; the 'Ark' of the Tradescants and a friend's betrayal; Emperor Rudolf I...

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Glavni autor: Blom, Philipp 1970- (Autor)
Format: Knjiga
Jezik:English
Izdano: London, England Penguin Books 2003.
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