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010 $a 2013042768
020 $a9780300192230 (hardback)
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050 00 $aQL406.2$b.T63 2014
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084 $aHIS037050$aSCI034000$aHIS051000$aBIO022000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aTobin, Beth Fowkes,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe Duchess's shells :$bnatural history collecting in the age of Cook's voyages /$cBeth Fowkes Tobin.
264 1 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$c[2014]
300 $axi, 316 pages :$billustrations (chiefly color) ;$c26 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, the 2nd Duchess of Portland (1715-1785), was one of the wealthiest women in eighteenth-century Britain. She collected fine and decorative arts (the Portland Vase was her most famous acquisition), but her great love was natural history, and shells in particular. Over the course of twenty years, she amassed the largest shell collection of her time, which was sold after her death in a spectacular auction. Beth Fowkes Tobin illuminates the interlocking issues surrounding the global circulation of natural resources, the commodification of nature, and the construction of scientific value through the lens of one woman's marvelous collection. This unique study tells the story of the collection's formation and dispersal-about the sailors and naturalists who ferried rare specimens across oceans and the dealers' shops and connoisseurs' cabinets on the other side of the world. Exquisitely illustrated, this book brings to life Enlightenment natural history and its cultures of collecting, scientific expeditions, and vibrant visual culture"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $gIntroduction:$tThe catalogue and the collection --$g1.$tThe Duchess, natural history, and cultures of collecting --$g2.$tThe Duchess and shell collecting --$g3.$tPatronage, brokers, and networks of exchange --$g4.$tPacific shells, Cook's voyages, and the question of value --$g5.$tPatronage, publication, and the illustrated conchology book --$g6.$tThe dispersal of the collection --$g7.$tLost legacies : the Duchess's shells in the nineteenth century.
650 0 $aShells$xCollectors and collecting$zEngland$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aShells$xPrivate collections$zEngland.
600 10 $aPortland, Margaret Cavendish Holles Harley Bentinck,$cDuchess of,$d1715-1785$xNatural history collections.
650 0 $aNatural history$zEngland$xHistory$y18th century.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Modern / 18th Century.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSCIENCE / History.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.$2bisacsh
988 $a20140717
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