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| Document Type: | Book |
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Molly Oldfield |
| ISBN: | 9781770852570 1770852573 |
| OCLC Number: | 847332616 |
| Notes: | Includes index. Originally published: London : Collins, 2013. "Some treasures are too precious to display..."--Cover. |
| Description: | 351 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (some colour) ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | A Gutenberg Bible on vellum -- Harrison Schimtt's space suit -- Three pieces of Mars -- A piece of Newton's apple tree -- The first cultivated pearls -- Lamourouxia viscosa, seed from Mexico -- Things beneath the floorboards -- A bejewelled cross -- A Haida shaman's rattle -- Francis Crick's sketch of DNA -- Tablet K.143, school of exercise book of Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria -- Vladimir Nabokov's butterfly genitalia cabinet -- Charles Dickens's feline letter opener -- The heart token -- Item RDMSC RD 1/1/1 -- Auguste Piccard's balloon gondola -- Jason Junior -- Underwater painting by Zarh Pritchard -- Anglerfish couple -- The first giraffe in France -- A great auk egg -- A glass jellyfish -- The interior of Vasa -- Flag from the Battle of Trafalgar -- A blue whale -- Logbook of the Kon-Tiki expedition -- Wally Herbert's sledge -- Song 21 -- Exu boca de fogo -- Livingstone and Stanley's hats -- Hawai'ian feather helmet -- The lienzo of Tlapiltepec -- Mixtec turquoise mosaic shield -- Alicia (1965-67), mural by Joan Miró and Josep Lloréns Artigas -- An unopened book -- The Diamond Sutra -- Tibetan abbot's costume -- Two golden bees, from the Glass Palace in Burma -- Slap-soled shoes -- Blood's dagger -- Tell Halaf sculptures -- Alfred Nobel's will -- Sketches of Churchill -- Friendship book -- Torah ark curtain -- The Tower of the blue horses by Franz Marc -- Christmas telegram from Agent Zigzag -- A Channel Islands pillar box -- Buckingham Palace switchboard -- A leaf of goat eye stamps -- The tools that belonged to Queen Victoria's dentist -- Skull of a tapuiasaurus macedoi -- Handaxe from Hoxne -- A series of paintings by Ozias -- The Spaulding collection of Japanese prints -- Van Gogh's sketchbooks -- Box in a valise by Marcel Duchamp -- Margaret Fonteyn's tutu -- Stanley Peach's centre court designs -- Original draft of 'Auld lang syne', Robert Burns. |
| Responsibility: | Molly Oldfield. |
Abstract:
"A unique treasure trove of the most intriguing artifacts hidden away in museum archives from all over the world, curated, brought to light and to life by Molly Oldfield in a beautifully illustrated collection"--Provided by publisher.
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