Author: Impey, Oliver and Arthur Macgregor
Title: The Origins of Museums: The Cabinet of Curiosities in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century Europe
Description: London, House of Stratus, 2001. Softcover. Blue wraps with white lettering and bw illustrations, xx, 431 pages, illustrations (some color). "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. VG (corners lightly bumped, light shelf wear to wraps and block. Text and illustrations are otherwise clean and clear) .
Keywords: European History ; European Museum History ; ;
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Title: The Origins of Museums: The Cabinet of Curiosities in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century Europe
Description: London, House of Stratus, 2001. Softcover. Blue wraps with white lettering and bw illustrations, xx, 431 pages, illustrations (some color). "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. VG (corners lightly bumped, light shelf wear to wraps and block. Text and illustrations are otherwise clean and clear) .
Keywords: European History ; European Museum History ; ;
Price: US$ 160.00 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 178790
- Book number: 178790
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