Format:
493 S.
,
zahlr. Ill.
,
28 cm
ISBN:
9780300204353
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction-The cabinet of curiosities at the turn of the nineteenth century: the Cobbe museum and its contemporariesArchbishop Cobbe Swiftiana -- Cabinets and furniture -- Zoological curios and taxidermy -- Insects -- Shells -- Charles Cobbe's herbarium -- Minerals, rocks and fossils, and geological curios -- Antlers of Megaceros -- Stone projectile tips -- Classical and Egyptian antiquities -- Coins and medals -- Lithophane -- Gem facsimiles -- Early modern curiosities -- Anatomical illustration -- India -- Burma -- Nepal -- China and Japan -- Africa, the Pacific and North America -- The continuing collection.
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Literaturverz. S. 472 - 483
Language:
English
Keywords:
Cobbe Familie : 1200-
;
Newbridge House
;
Sammlung
;
Kunst
;
Geschichte
;
Cobbe Familie : 1200-
;
Newbridge House
;
Naturkundliche Sammlung
;
Raritätenkammer
;
Geschichte
;
Cobbe Familie : 1200-
;
Newbridge House
;
Sammlung
;
Kunst
;
Völkerkundliche Ausstellung
;
Geschichte
;
Cobbe Familie : 1200-
;
Newbridge House
;
Naturkundliche Sammlung
;
Raritätenkammer
;
Geschichte
