An Infinity of Things: How Sir Henry Wellcome Collected the World

by Frances Larson

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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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Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Expeditions & Discoveries Medical Medical Books Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Museum Studies & Museology Science

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