An Infinity of Things: How Sir Henry Wellcome Collected the World
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An Infinity of Things tells the story of one of the largest private collections ever created, and the life of the man behind it. Wellcome planned a great museum filled with treasures from all corners of the globe, charting the history of human health from prehistory to the present day. The breadth of his vision was matched only by the depth of his pockets. During the opening decades of the twentieth century he acquired a collection so large that later...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0199554463
ISBN13:9780199554461
Release Date:December 2009
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:358 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 9.5" x 6.4"
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