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9780393310870

Finders, Keepers Eight Collectors

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  • ISBN13:

    9780393310870

  • ISBN10:

    0393310876

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1994-01-17
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Summary

Here are Purcell's wonderfully exotic photographs of teeth and other human artifacts from the collection of Peter the Great; moles, pigs, and dogs from van Heurn's many boxes of perfectly preserved skins; and all manner of preserved life from Rothschild's Birds of Paradise to the fish of Agassiz.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 9
Dutch Treat: Peter the Great and Frederik Ruyschp. 13
A Gentleman in Japanp. 33
A Taxonomist's Taxonomistp. 44
Mental Boxingp. 56
The Varied Facets of Paradisep. 68
Relics of the Floodp. 81
Judgment and Brutish Beastsp. 95
Fishes in and on Stone: Agassiz's Treasures Now and Thenp. 112
The Lion in Winterp. 126
Photographer's Afterwordp. 142
Acknowledgmentsp. 158
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