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Courierspeak : a phrase book for couriers of museum objects / Cordelia Rose ; illustrations by Anna C. Blomfield.

Penn Museum Library AM3 .R67 1993
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Genre:
  • Terminology.
  • Conversation and phrase books -- for Museum employees.
  • Dictionaries.
Physical Description:
270 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 26 x 13 cm
Place of Publication:
Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [1993]
Summary:
Courierspeak is a multilingual, pocket-sized reference on protecting and caring for art and other precious materials during transit. Scripts of questions and phrases detailing the courier process, as well as a list of specialized terms are provided in six languages -- English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. Also included is the complete Code of Practice for Couriering Museum Objects by the Registrars Committee of the American Association of Museums.
Notes:
  • Text in English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish.
  • Includes bibliographical references (page [271])..
ISBN:
1560981954
OCLC:
26720567

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