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Cabinet of Curiosity

Leave a Comment / curious things / By perdita

Levinus Vincent, Elenchus tabularum, pinacothecarum, atque nonnullorum cimeliorum, Amsterdam: 1719. An eighteenth-century cabinet of curiosities http://www.mmoca.org/starrytransit/cabinets_of_curiosities.php

touched by fire

Leave a Comment / found images / By perdita

I bought this beautiful book by Martin d’Orgeval The images come from a famous Paris taxidermy shop that was consumed by fire. This is one of the insect drawers. d’Orgeval, M. (2009). Touched by Fire. Gottingen: Steidl.