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- Most of us collect things, but seldom have entire collections been preserved. A few that did survive have fallen, figuratively, into the clutches of two of America's most innovative minds: photographer Rosamond Wolff Purcell and paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould. What these collections say about the collectors, and about human beings in general, is the subject of this strangely beautiful and rich compendium
- 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. Here also is Gould at his best, delighting in the unusual and making connections to our own history and evolution that only the most fertile and whimsical mind could imagine - and that few will be able to resist
- This is a book for those with a craving for beauty, knowledge, and a fascination with the unusual
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (155 pages
- Contents
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- Dustch treat : Peter the Great and Frederik Ruysch
- A gentleman in Japan
- A taxonomist's taxonomist
- Mental boxing
- The varied facets of paradise
- Relics of the flood
- Judgment and the brutish beasts
- Fishes in and on stone : Agassiz's treasures now and then
- The lion in winter
- Label
- Finders, keepers : eight collectors
- Title
- Finders, keepers
- Title remainder
- eight collectors
- Statement of responsibility
- Rosamond Wolff Purcell & Stephen Jay Gould
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- Most of us collect things, but seldom have entire collections been preserved. A few that did survive have fallen, figuratively, into the clutches of two of America's most innovative minds: photographer Rosamond Wolff Purcell and paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould. What these collections say about the collectors, and about human beings in general, is the subject of this strangely beautiful and rich compendium
- 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. Here also is Gould at his best, delighting in the unusual and making connections to our own history and evolution that only the most fertile and whimsical mind could imagine - and that few will be able to resist
- This is a book for those with a craving for beauty, knowledge, and a fascination with the unusual
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Purcell, Rosamond Wolff
- Dewey number
- 790.1/32
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- AM231
- LC item number
- .P87 1992
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Gould, Stephen Jay
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Collectors and collecting
- Collectors and collecting
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- Finders, keepers : eight collectors, Rosamond Wolff Purcell & Stephen Jay Gould
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- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Dustch treat : Peter the Great and Frederik Ruysch -- A gentleman in Japan -- A taxonomist's taxonomist -- Mental boxing -- The varied facets of paradise -- Relics of the flood -- Judgment and the brutish beasts -- Fishes in and on stone : Agassiz's treasures now and then -- The lion in winter
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (155 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1034687696
- Label
- Finders, keepers : eight collectors, Rosamond Wolff Purcell & Stephen Jay Gould
- Link
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Dustch treat : Peter the Great and Frederik Ruysch -- A gentleman in Japan -- A taxonomist's taxonomist -- Mental boxing -- The varied facets of paradise -- Relics of the flood -- Judgment and the brutish beasts -- Fishes in and on stone : Agassiz's treasures now and then -- The lion in winter
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (155 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1034687696
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