The Origins of museums : the cabinet of curiosities in sixteenth and seventeenth-century Europe / edited by Oliver Impey and Arthur MacGregor.

Title & Author:

The Origins of museums : the cabinet of curiosities in sixteenth and seventeenth-century Europe / edited by Oliver Impey and Arthur MacGregor.

Publication:

Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University, 1985.

Description:

xiii, 335 pages, 54 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Based on papers delivered at an international symposium held in July 1983 to celebrate the tercentenary of the Ashmolean Museum.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-312).
Current Copyright Fee: GBP22.50 0.

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ISBN:

0199521085
9780199521081

Subject:

Museums Europe History 16th century.
Museums Europe History 17th century.
Museums history
Musées Europe Histoire 16e siècle.
Musées Europe Histoire 17e siècle.
Collectionneurs Europe Histoire.
Museums
Particuliere verzamelingen.
Kunstkabinetten.
Musea.
Cabinets de curiosités.
Collectionneurs et collections Europe 16e siècle.
Collectionneurs et collections Europe 17e siècle.
cabinet de curiosités Europe 16e s. / 17e s. [congrès]
Collectors and collecting Europe History.
Museums Europe History.
Europe
Europe Histoire Musées.
Europe Private museums, ca 1500-ca 1800

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Impey, O. R. (Oliver R.)
MacGregor, Arthur, 1941-
Impey, Oliver.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 118298
Call No.: ID:86-B3904
Status: Available

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