An infinity of things [[electronic resource] ] : how Sir Henry Wellcome collected the world / / Frances Larson

• Autore: Larson Frances <1976->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (358 p.)
• Disciplina: 610.74
• Soggetto topico: Businessmen - Great Britain; Collectors and collecting - Great Britain; Philanthropists - Great Britain; Medical instruments and apparatus - Private collections; Medicine - History
• Altri autori: WellcomeHenry S, Sir, <1853-1936.> (Henry Solomon)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; A NOTE ON MONEY; 1. Quite indescribable disorder; PART I. ROOTS; PART II. TACTICS; PART III. OUTCOMES; PART IV. LEGACIES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 generations of staff took to describing its contents by the ton. But Wellcome's museum was never finished, and his collection was still stored i
• Titolo autorizzato: An infinity of things
• ISBN: 1-383-04566-6; 0-19-162323-7; 1-282-35473-6; 9786612354731; 0-19-157126-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781081303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II