GRINKE, Paul.
From Wunderkammer to Museum.
[London], Quaritch, 2012.
8vo (250 x 190 mm), pp. 112, with black and white illustrations; grey cloth.
£35
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A revised and illustrated edition of our 1984 catalogue of early books on cabinets of curiosities and collecting, written by Paul Grinke, who has added a new preface and a selective bibliography of books on the subject published since 1970.
In memoriam Diana Parikian.
ISBN: 0-9550852-0-9.
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