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Rooms of wonder : from Wunderkammer to museum, 1599-1899 : an exhibition at the Grolier Club, 5 December 2012-2 February 2013 / curated by Florence Fearrington.
LIBRA Vilain-Wieck Collection Grolier Club 65
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fearrington, Florence, author, curator of an exhibition.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fearrington, Florence--Library--Exhibitions.
- Fearrington, Florence.
- Tomasko, Mark D--Library--Exhibitions.
- Tomasko, Mark D.
- American Antiquarian Society. Library--Exhibitions.
- American Antiquarian Society.
- Houghton Library--Exhibitions.
- Houghton Library.
- Getty Research Institute. Research Library--Exhibitions.
- Getty Research Institute.
- George Peabody Library--Exhibitions.
- George Peabody Library.
- Grolier Club--Exhibitions.
- Grolier Club.
- Cabinets of curiosities--History--Exhibitions.
- Cabinets of curiosities.
- Curiosities and wonders--Collectors and collecting--History--Exhibitions.
- Curiosities and wonders.
- Natural history--Catalogs and collections--Europe--History--Exhibitions.
- Natural history.
- Art objects--Collectors and collecting--Europe--History--Exhibitions.
- Art objects.
- Natural history museums--History--Exhibitions.
- Natural history museums.
- Museums--History--Exhibitions.
- Museums.
- Art museums--Europe--History--Exhibitions.
- Art museums.
- Museums--Europe--History--Exhibitions.
- American Antiquarian Society. Library.
- Getty Research Institute. Research Library.
- Exhibitions as Topic.
- Natural History.
- Art objects--Collectors and collecting.
- Libraries.
- Europe.
- Medical Subjects:
- Fearrington, Florence.
- Tomasko, Mark D.
- American Antiquarian Society. Library.
- Houghton Library.
- Getty Research Institute. Research Library.
- George Peabody Library.
- Grolier Club.
- Exhibitions as Topic.
- Natural History.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- History.
- Private press books (Printing)
- Paper wrappers (Binding).
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Minion.
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Requiem.
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Augustea Open.
- Monadnock Dulcet (Paper).
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 124, [4] pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Catalogue of an exhibition at the Grolier Club, 5 December 2012-2 February 2013
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The Grolier Club, 2013, 2012.
- Notes:
- Exhibition catalog of 137 items, chiefly Wunderkammer books from the collection of Florence Fearrington.
- "Set in Minion, Requiem, and Augustea Open types. Printed on Monadnock Dulcet paper. Design & typography by Jerry Kelly"--Colophon.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018.
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has card with menu laid in.
- ISBN:
- 9781605830438
- 1605830437
- OCLC:
- 824502695
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