Item #178790 The Origins of Museums: The Cabinet of Curiosities in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century Europe. Oliver Impey, Arthur Macgregor.
The Origins of Museums: The Cabinet of Curiosities in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century Europe
The Origins of Museums: The Cabinet of Curiosities in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century Europe

The Origins of Museums: The Cabinet of Curiosities in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century Europe

London: House of Stratus, 2001. Softcover. Blue wraps with white lettering and bw illustrations, xx, 431 pages, illustrations (some color). VG (corners lightly bumped, light shelf wear to wraps and block. Text and illustrations are otherwise clean and clear). Item #178790
ISBN: 9781842321324

"In late sixteenth and seventeenth century Europe a new phenomenon was developing: learned gentlemen who had perfected their gardens and libraries were setting about the business of creating the first collections. The Origins of Musems is an extensive account of the 'cabinet of curiosities' or 'Wunderkammer' and explains how such cabinets gave rise to the beginnngs of museums as we know them and of four centuries of collecting."- rear of book. Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-410) and index.

OCLC: 46476074

Price: $160.00

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