Curiosity and enlightenment : collectors and collections from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century /
MacGregor, Arthur,1941-
New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press,
c2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-370) and index.
The museum adumbrated : some models and precursors -- The cabinet of curiosities : concept and realization -- Collecting art -- Museums and the natural world -- Death, anatomy and the museum -- Antiquity in transition -- Museums of science and technology -- The museum comes of age.
Art