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In 1500 few Europeans regarded nature as a subject worthy of inquiry. Yet years later the first museums of natural history had appeared in Italy, dedicated to the marvels of nature. Drawing on archives of visitors' books, letters, and pleas for patronage, this title reconstructs the lost social world of Renaissance and Baroque museums.

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    Publisher: University of California Press
    Publication Date: 02/04/1996
    ISBN13: 9780520205086, 978-0520205086
    ISBN10: 0520205081
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    Dictionaries, Reference & Language Orality / Oral transmission Social and cultural history Natural History Nature and the natural world: general interest

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    In 1500 few Europeans regarded nature as a subject worthy of inquiry. Yet years later the first museums of natural history had appeared in Italy, dedicated to the marvels of nature. Drawing on archives of visitors' books, letters, and pleas for patronage, this title reconstructs the lost social world of Renaissance and Baroque museums.

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