Curiosity and wonder from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment / edited by R.J.W. Evans and Alexande...
Curiosity and wonder from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment / edited by R.J.W. Evans and Alexande...
Curiosity and wonder from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment / edited by R.J.W. Evans and Alexander Marr.
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Publisher
Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2006.
Call Numbers
N940.21/44
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvi, 265 p. : ill., plans ; 24 cm.
Contents
Out of the frying pan : curiosity, danger and the poetics of witness in the Renaissance traveller's tale / Wes Williams -- The metaphorical collecting of curiosities in early modern France and Germany / Neil Kenny -- The New World collections of Duke Cosimo I de'Medici and their role in the creation...
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Publisher
Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2006.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2006.
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Full title
Curiosity and wonder from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment / edited by R.J.W. Evans and Alexander Marr.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N940.21/44
Record Identifier
74VKJ7qJ4JrA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKJ7qJ4JrA
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ISBN
9780754641025
0754641023 (alk. paper)
DDC
940.21
MMS ID
991022148079702626
