The Collector's Voice: Critical Readings in the Practice of Collecting 
Subtitle: Imperial Voices (Perspectives on Collecting)
Contributors: Susan M. Pearce (Editor); Rosemary Flanders (Editor); Mark Hall (Editor); Fiona Morton (Editor); Alexandra Bounia (Editor); Paul Martin (Editor)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: September 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 4
ISBN-13: 9781859284193
Subjects: Collectors and collecting; History; Art & Art Instruction; Social aspects; General; Art; Europe; Collecting; Antiques & Collectables; Cultural studies; Museums & Museology; Social history; Philosophy
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