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From Fascination to Folly: A Troubled History of Collecting since the 1600s Charles Merewether 2024 edition
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From Fascination to Folly: A Troubled History of Collecting since the 1600s
Charles Merewether
This book explores the interplay of Western European exploration and trade, with collecting, cabinets of curiosities and museums, and with the role of booty and plunder in the building of empires from ca.1600 until the end of the 19th century.
267 pages, Approx. 250 p.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 26, 2024 |
| ISBN13 | 9789819790791 |
| Publishers | Springer Verlag, Singapore |
| Pages | 281 |
| Dimensions | 217 × 154 × 24 mm · 514 g |
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