To Have and to Hold
From amassing sacred relics to collecting celebrity memorabilia, the impulse to hoard has gripped humankind throughout the centuries. But what is it that drives people to possess objects that have no conceivable use? To Have and To Hold is a captivating tour of collectors and their treasures from medieval times to the present, from a cabinet containing unicorn horns and a Tsar's collection of teeth to the macabre art of embalmer Dr. Frederick Ruysch, the fabled castle of William Randolph Hearst, and the truly preoccupied men who stockpile food wrappers and plastic cups. An engrossing story of the collector as bridegroom, deliriously, obsessiv…
Mehr
CHF 16.75
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
Versandkostenfrei
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4683-0218-9
- EAN: 9781468302189
- Produktnummer: 31082188
- Verlag: Abrams
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 345 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 5'259 KB
Über den Autor
Philipp Blom was born in Hamburg in 1970. After studying in Vienna and Oxford, he worked in publishing as a journalist and translator in London and Paris, where he now lives.
49 weitere Werke von Philipp Blom:
Nature's Mutiny: How the Little Ice Age of the Long Seventeenth Century Transformed the West and Shaped the Present
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 20.65
Bewertungen
Anmelden