The Origins of Museums: The Cabinet of Curiosities in Sixteenth- And Seventeenth-Century Europe by Arthur MacGregor, Oliver Impey
The Origins of Museums: The Cabinet of Curiosities in Sixteenth- And Seventeenth-Century Europe
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Arthur MacGregor, Oliver Impey
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The Origins of Museums: The Cabinet of Curiosities in Sixteenth- And Seventeenth-Century Europe

Arthur MacGregor, Oliver Impey

352 pages • first pub 1985 (view editions)

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* A reprint of the original 1985 edition with updated photographs* Thirty- three essays from scholarly contributors on the evolution of collecting, and how this lead to the formation of the modern museum* One of the first books to explore how coll...

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