Curiosity and enlightenment : collectors and collections from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century / Arthur MacGregor.

  • MacGregor, Arthur, 1941-
Date:
[2007], ©2007
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Publication/Creation

New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, [2007], ©2007.

Physical description

x, 386 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-370) and index.

Contents

The museum adumbrated : some models and precursors -- The cabinet of curiosities : concept and realization -- Collecting art -- Museums and the natural world -- Death, anatomy and the museum -- Antiquity in transition -- Museums of science and technology -- The museum comes of age.

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    History of Medicine
    CAE.AA5-8
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ISBN

  • 9780300124934
  • 0300124937