The world in a box : the story of an eighteenth-century picture encyclopedia / Anke te Heesen ; tran...
The world in a box : the story of an eighteenth-century picture encyclopedia / Anke te Heesen ; tran...
The world in a box : the story of an eighteenth-century picture encyclopedia / Anke te Heesen ; translated by Ann M. Hentschel.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.
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Date
2002.
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N033.1/58
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English
German
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Physical content
xii, 237 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: "A Storehouse of the Finest Materials" -- 1. The Work and Its Author -- 2. From the Manufacture of Books to the Pedagogical Cabinet -- 3. Sources and Structure of the Picture Academy for the Young -- 4. Man and His Image in the Eighteenth Century -- 5. The Box and Collecting -- 6. The...
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2002.
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The world in a box : the story of an eighteenth-century picture encyclopedia / Anke te Heesen ; translated by Ann M. Hentschel.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-226) and index.
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Translated from the German.
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N033.1/58
Record Identifier
74Vv4Ox0OOPy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv4Ox0OOPy
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ISBN
0226322874 (pbk : alk. paper)
9780226322865 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226322866 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226322872 (pbk : alk. paper)
DDC
033.1
MMS ID
991015441519702626
