Present-day museums are almost as diverse in character as the collections that they contain, yet all are united by a historical thread leading back to a common origin in collections of "curiousities" in 16th and 17th-century Europe. In this unique, thorough account of the history of collecting, 35 noted authors discuss museums and their methods and sources of acquisitions, and the principles they used in cataloguing, publishing, and display.
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Present-day museums are almost as diverse in character as the collections that they contain, yet all are united by a historical thread leading back to a common origin in collections of "curiousities" in 16th and 17th-century Europe. In this unique, thorough account of the history of collecting, 35 noted authors discuss museums and their methods and sources of acquisitions, and the principles they used in cataloguing, publishing, and display.
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VG (corners lightly bumped, light shelf wear to wraps and block. Text and illustrations are otherwise clean and clear) Blue wraps with white lettering and bw illustrations, xx, 431 pages, illustrations (some color). "In late sixteenth and seventeenth century Europe a new phenomenon was developing: learned gentlemen who had perfected their gardens and libraries were setting about the business of creating the first collections. The Origins of Musems is an extensive account of the 'cabinet of curiosities' or 'Wunderkammer' and explains how such cabinets gave rise to the beginnngs of museums as we know them and of four centuries of collecting."-rear of book. Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-410) and index.
