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The literature of collecting : & other essays / by Richard Wendorf.
Penn Museum Library AM235 .W46 2008
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LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating AM235 .W46 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wendorf, Richard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Collectors and collecting--Philosophy.
- Collectors and collecting.
- Book collecting.
- Book collectors.
- Art--Collectors and collecting.
- Art.
- Art objects--Collectors and collecting.
- Art objects.
- Physical Description:
- 366 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, MA : Boston Athenæum ; New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- "Philosophical essays related to collecting, in the world of books and of visual arts. Examines topics in library history, the career and relationships of eighteenth-century British painter Joshua Reynolds, recent theoretical and fictional texts about collecting, and the librarian-author's experiences as both critic and subject of portraiture"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The literature of collecting
- The Boston Athenæum, 1807-2007
- Athenæum origins
- Making sense of Romney
- Celebrating Sir Joshua
- "Well said Mr. Northcote"
- A blue-stocking friendship (with Charles Ryskamp)
- Burke's Reynolds, Reynolds's Burke
- Small treasures
- Deconstructing Athena
- and me
- London, June 1780.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of Lea Carson Sherk.
- ISBN:
- 9781584562306
- 1584562307
- OCLC:
- 231724438
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