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Possessing nature: museums, collecting, and scientific culture in early modern Italy

Paula Findlen
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  • Contents

  • Reviews

  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments (page xi)
  • Abbreviations (page xv)
  • Photo Credits (page xvii)
  • Introduction (page 1)
  • PART I - LOCATING THE MUSEUM
    • 1. "A World of Wonders in One Closet Shut" (page 17)
    • 2. Searching for Paradigms (page 48)
    • 3. Sites of Knowledge (page 97)
  • PART II - LABORATORIES OF NATURE
    • 4. Pilgrimages of Science (page 155)
    • 5. Fare Esperienza (page 194)
    • 6. Museums of Medicine (page 241)
  • PART III - ECONOMIES OF EXCHANGE
    • 7. Inventing the Collector (page 293)
    • 8. Patrons, Brokers, and Strategies (page 346)
  • Epilogue: The Old and the New (page 393)
  • Bibliography (page 409)
  • Index (page 433)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
SCJ 27.3 (Autumn. 1996): 937-938 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2544110
JMH 68.4 (Dec. 1996): 1006-1008 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2946749
AHR 101.1 (Feb. 1996): 203-204 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2169309
ISIS 86.3 (Sep. 1995): 488-489 http://www.jstor.org/stable/235052
BM 138.115 (Feb. 1996): 136 http://www.jstor.org/stable/886747
ENHR 111..445 (Feb. 1997): 193-194 http://www.jstor.org/stable/578563
JHI 57.4 (Oct. 1996): 725-742 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3654090
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Published: 1996
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780520205086 (paper)
  • 9780520073340 (hardcover)
  • 9780520917781 (ebook)
Subject
  • Science & Technology
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