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Cabinets of Curiosities Format: Hardcover
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Narrative Type
- book
- Type
- book
- Intended Audience
- General/trade
- ISBN
- 9780500022887
- Book Title
- Cabinets of Curiosities
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Item Length
- 10.3 in
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Design, Travel, Antiques & Collectibles, History
- Topic
- Civilization, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, General, Europe / General, Decorative Arts
- Item Weight
- 44.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 7.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
ISBN-10
0500022887
ISBN-13
9780500022887
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13038313078
Product Key Features
Book Title
Cabinets of Curiosities
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2019
Topic
Civilization, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, General, Europe / General, Decorative Arts
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Design, Travel, Antiques & Collectibles, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
44.4 Oz
Item Length
10.3 in
Item Width
7.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2019-932279
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Packed with so many images it will appeal to art libraries as well, but is recommended here for its special interest to collections appealing to collectors of oddities. -- The Midwest Book Review Mauriés' tour of strange objects is entertaining and fascinating. His chapters . . . reflect a deeply intellectual appreciation. -- Antiques & The Arts Weekly [This book] is an entertaining read with hundreds of images of both the collectibles and the elaborate presentations fashioned for them during the great age of collecting. -- The Bloomsbury Review
Dewey Decimal
069
Synopsis
Unicorns' horns, mermaids' skeletons, stuffed and preserved animals and plants, precious metals, clocks, scientific instruments, celestial globes--all knowledge, the whole cosmos, arranged on shelves in a single room. Such were the cabinets of curiosities of the seventeenth century, the last period of history when man could aspire to know everything. The collectors were archdukes and kings--the Emperor Rudolf II was the prince of all collectors--rich merchants and scholars, and their collections ranged from a single crowded room to whole palatial suites. Cabinets of Curiosities traces the amazing history of these unique spaces, receptacles, and fascinating contents within, from their first appearance in the inventories and engravings commissioned by Renaissance noble families, such as the Medicis or the Hapsburgs, via those of the Dane Ole Wurm and the German polymath Athanasius Kircher, to the seventeenth-century scientist Elias Ashmole and Dutch collector Levinus Vincent. Author Patrick Maurie s chronicles the amazing history of these rooms of wonders in this ingeniously erudite survey. Not many of the rooms survive, but there are pictorial records and their contents still exist and are among the treasures of museums all over the world., All knowledge, the cosmos arranged on shelves, in cupboards, or hanging from the ceiling, 'infinite riches in a little room' - such were the cabinets of curiosities of the 17th century. This survey, now available in a compact edition, traces the amazing history of cabinets of curiosities, from their first appearance in the inventories and engravings commissioned by Renaissance nobles such as the Medici or the Hapsburgs, via those of the Dane Ole Wurm and the Italian polymath Athanasius Kircher, to the serious 17th- and 18th-century scientists Elias Ashmole and Levinas Vincent.
LC Classification Number
AM221
Copyright Date
2019
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