The Literature of Collecting & Other Essays

• Author(s): Richard Wendorf,
• Publisher: Boston Athenæum
• Pages: 366
• ISBN_10: 1584562307
  ISBN_13: 9781584562306
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Antiques & Collectibles / General , Antiques & Collectibles / Art , Antiques & Collectibles / Books ,

Description:... "Philosophical essays related to collecting, in the world of books and of visual arts. Examines topics in library history, the career and relationships of eighteenth-century British painter Joshua Reynolds, recent theoretical and fictional texts about collecting, and the librarian-author's experiences as both critic and subject of portraiture"--Provided by publisher.