The purchase of the past : collecting culture in post-revolutionary Paris c.1790-1890 /
Stammers, Tom,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Collection, Recollection, Revolution -- Amateurs and the Art Market in Transition -- Archiving and Envisioning the French Revolution -- Hunting, Bibliophilia and a Textual Restoration -- Salvaging the Gothic in Private and Public Spaces -- Royalists versus Vandals, and the Cult of the Old Regime -- Allies of the Republic? Inside the Sale of the Century -- Conclusion: The Resilience and Eclipse of Curiosité.
Collectors and collecting
Cultural property
Collectors and collecting.
Purchase of the past