The collections of Francis Douce, 1757-1834 : a community of images / Mercedes Cerón.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cerón, Mercedes, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Douce, Francis, 1757-1834--Library.

Douce, Francis.

Physical Description:

xvi, 295 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, an imprint of Springer Nature Switzerland, [2025]

Summary:

"This book explores the collections, the networks, and the methods of the antiquarian and scholar of the everyday Francis Douce (1757-1834). Throughout his life, Douce acquired rare books, illuminated manuscripts, coins, paintings, miscellaneous antiquities, and about 25,000 prints and drawings with a view to understand how people lived in the past and how they made sense of the world around them. The peculiarity of his collections is due partly to his favouring subject matter over any aesthetic consideration, and partly to his aim to create a repository of images to trace the circulation of themes and motifs across historical periods and geographical borders. From fools to witchcraft to the dance of death, Douce embraced themes, media, and forms of representation neglected or considered too coarse by most contemporary collectors." -- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9783032068385

303206838X

OCLC:

1534696443

Publisher Number:

90103258146

CIPO000292851