Cabinets of Curiosities

by Patrick Mauriès

Unicorns' horns, mermaids' skeletons, stuffed and preserved animals and plants, precious metals, clocks, scientific instruments, celestial globes--all knowledge, the whole cosmos, arranged on shelves in a single room. Such were the cabinets of curiosities of the seventeenth century, the last period of history when man could aspire to know everything.

The collectors were archdukes and kings--the Emperor Rudolf II was the prince of all collectors--rich...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500022887
• ISBN13: 9780500022887
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.7" x 10.3"