Possessing Nature: Museums, Collecting, and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy Volume 20

by Paula Findlen

Book Overview

In 1500 few Europeans regarded nature as a subject worthy of inquiry. Yet fifty years later the first museums of natural history had appeared in Italy, dedicated to the marvels of nature. Italian... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520205081
• ISBN13: 9780520205086
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 449 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.8" x 8.9"