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Curiosities and Texts: The Culture of Collecting in Early Modern England

Secondary Title (i.e. Proceedings Title): Periodical Title: Publication Type:Book, Whole Authors:Swann, Marjorie
 Editors: Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press Place of Publication:Philadelphia Publication Date:2001 Alternate Date (i.e. Conference Date): Volume: Issue: Start Page:280 End Page: Abstract: Descriptors/Keywords:England Civilization

17th century

Collectors and collecting England History

English literature Early modern, 1500-1700

History and criticism

Curiosities and wonders England History

Natural history England History

Antiquarians Great Britain

Biography

Petiver
connoisseurship
self-fashioning
antiquarianism
consumerism
materialism
codification
John Tradescant
Elias Ashmole
Robert Cotton
Francis Bacon
Rhetoric
Ben Jonson
Robert Herrick
Petiver





 ISBN:0812236106 URL:http://library.usask.ca/scripts/remote?URL=http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0c7u6-aa
Documents in Print Item: No Documents Listed in Print Item Attached People: Subject of/in a document - Bargrave, John (1610-1680)
Subject of/in a document - Tradescant, John, the Elder (c.1570s-c.15 Apr 1638)
Subject of/in a document - Petiver, James (c. 1665-Apr 1718)
Subject of/in a document - Tradescant, the Younger, John (4 Aug 1608 [bap.]-22 Apr 1662)
Subject of/in a document - Ashmole, Elias (1617-1692)
Subject of/in a document - Royal Society (-)
Subject of/in a document - Cotton, Robert (22 Jan 1571-06 May 1631)
Subject of/in a document - Browne, Thomas (19 Nov 1605-19 Oct 1682)
Subject of/in a document - Paston, Robert (29 May 1631-08 Mar 1683)
Subject of/in a document - Plot, Robert (1640 [bap.]-1696)
Subject of/in a document - Woodward, John (1 May 1665 or 1668-25 Apr 1728)
Mentions or references - Petiver, James (c. 1665-Apr 1718)
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 Items Which List This As A Bibliographic Source: The Travels of Peter Mundy, in Europe an..., page: 1, 194, notes: Notes Mundy's enthusiasm for Tradescant's rarities (1). In his viewing of Tradescant's collection, Mundy was crossing the threshold into modernity and the notion of "possessive individualism" (194).
Investigating Early Modern Curiosity..., page: , notes:
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