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1 online resource (xli, 210 pages .) |
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text file |
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Papers based on conference held in Florence in June, 2009. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
If collecting the rare and valuable is an entirely normal trait of human behaviour, amassing objects from far-away places has also long played a role in the history of collecting. ""East"" and ""West"", or ""North"" and ""South"", for that matter, are of course entirely relative to one's particular geographical position. Therefore, it is interesting that collecting exotic objects is an endeavour that unites humanity over millennia and round the globe. The ancient Assyrians did so as assiduously as ei ... |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- History -- Congresses.
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Art -- Collectors and collecting. |
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History. |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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History.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Bracken, Susan (Susan Caroline), editor.
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Gáldy, Andrea M., editor.
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Turpin, Adriana, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781443847797 1443847798 |
| ISBN |
9781443852593 (electronic book) |
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1443852597 (electronic book) |
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1299974295 |
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9781299974296 |
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9781443847797 (Cloth) |
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1443847798 (Cloth) |
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