A brief and entertaining history of the collecting mania from ancient times reveals both famous and near-forgotten collections of the past. The main part of the book looks at current collections by private collectors, split into four main categories of Grand Old Traditional, Natural History, Curiosities and Eccentricities, and Avant-Garde Art & Chic. Collectors from around the world are featured, including Hunt Slonem in New York, Ernst von Loesch in Berlin, and Robert Opie in the UK, with collections ranging from skulls and butterflies to farm machinery and modern art.
- ISBN10 1840007214
- ISBN13 9781840007213
- Publish Date 16 October 2004
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 September 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Octopus Publishing Group
- Imprint Mitchell Beazley
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English