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A Noble Madness: The Dark Side of Collecting from Antiquity to Now by James Delbourgo

A Noble Madness: The Dark Side of Collecting from Antiquity to Now

James Delbourgo

288 pages digital

1 edition

nonfiction history
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Collectors are often praised for their taste in art or contributions to science, but there can be a darker side: their passion is sometimes driven by dangerous obsession. Roman emperors who lusted after statues; Chinese scholars obsessed with rock...

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