GRINKE, Paul.
From Wunderkammer to Museum.
Quaritch, 2006.
4to (250 x 190 mm), pp. 112, with black and white illustrations; grey cloth.
£35
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From Wunderkammer to Museum.
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.
ISBN-10: 0 9550852 0 9.
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