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To Have And To Hold An Intimate History Of Collectors And Collecting 2nd Edition Philipp Blom

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To Have And To Hold An Intimate History Of Collectors And Collecting 2nd Edition Philipp Blom
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Publisher: Overlook
File Extension: EPUB
File size: 4.56 MB
Pages: 273
Author: Philipp Blom
ISBN: 9781468302189, 1468302183
Language: English
Year: 2012
Edition: 2

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To Have And To Hold An Intimate History Of Collectors And Collecting 2nd Edition Philipp Blom by Philipp Blom 9781468302189, 1468302183 instant download after payment.

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. 

Blom's gripping narration and bizarre cast of eccentrics, visionaries, and fanatics provide a fascinating glimpse into how a pastime becomes an all consuming passion and an engrossing story of the collector as bridegroom, deliriously, obsessively happy, wed to his possessions, till death do us part.

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