Frances Larson: Infinity of Things, An: How Sir Henry Wellcome Collected the World
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: 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…