Possessing Nature
Subtitle: Museums, Collecting, and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy (Studies on the History of Society and Culture , No 20)
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: April 2, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 449
ISBN-13: 9780520205086
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; Mathematics and Science; Museums & Museology; NATURAL HISTORY, COUNTRY LIFE & PETS; Social history; History: World; History - General History; Italy; Europe - Italy; General; History / General; Europe - General; History
First sentence: Part I locates the museum in time as well as space.