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The miniaturist / Jessie Burton.
Van Pelt Library PR6102.U783 M56 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burton, Jessie, 1982- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Miniature painters--Fiction.
- Miniature painters.
- Merchants--Netherlands--Amsterdam--Fiction.
- Merchants.
- Young women--Fiction.
- Young women.
- Netherlands--Amsterdam.
- Amsterdam (Netherlands)--Social life and customs--17th century--Fiction.
- Amsterdam (Netherlands).
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 400 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2014]
- Summary:
- Engaging the services of a miniaturist to furnish a cabinet-sized replica of her new home, 18-year-old Nella Oortman, the wife of an illustrious merchant trader, soon discovers that the artist's tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in eerie and unexpected ways.
- Notes:
- Includes glossary of Dutch terms.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Roberta S. & Leonard S. Leibman, W'53 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780062306814
- 0062306812
- OCLC:
- 857966952
- Publisher Number:
- 99959607249
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