{"product_id":"a-cabinet-of-rarities-hardcover-by-erik-desmazieres","title":"A Cabinet of Rarities Hardcover by Erik Desmazieres","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eThames and Hudson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2012-11-06)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e112\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780500516348\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e775.66\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e28.75 x 21.67 x 1.8\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor bibliophiles, print collectors,\nand connoisseurs, and anyone\nwhose imagination is fired by\nthe macabre and the arcane:\ncontemporary etchings recreating\ninteriors, studios,\ncityscapes, landscapes, and\nfantastical compositions\nfrom a Piranesian world\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe manifestation of a collector’s appetite for discovering and mastering the\nworld—represented by singular items of natural history, geology, art, or\nrelics—cabinets of curiosities and rarities became popular in the Renaissance\nand were precursors to the modern museum.\nLargely inspired by seventeenth-century scientist and antiquary Sir Thomas\nBrowne, whose esoteric writings have long appealed to scholars, this rare\nnew work is a bibliophile’s delight. Erik Desmazières’s contemporary etchings\npresent a cabinet of rarities portraying a collection of the recondite, rare, and\nbizarre, complete with emblems of the vanity of earthly life and intimations\nof mortality. Death and decay are favorite subjects: a skull recalls depictions\nof Sir Thomas Browne’s own, disinterred and displayed in a local museum\nuntil the 1920s. These abstruse objects and specters of death, subject matter\nonce considered the preserve of specialists, have entered the cultural mainstream\nand have found a broad popular audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErik Desmazières\u003c\/b\u003e, a member of France’s elite Académie des Beaux-Arts, is represented in numerous public and private collections all over the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick Mauriès\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and publisher of many notable titles on fashion and design, including \u003ci\u003eGoude: The Chanel Sketchbooks\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFornasetti: Designer of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe World According to Karl\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46553860505761,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780500516348","price":45.12,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780500516348.jpg?v=1781745854","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/a-cabinet-of-rarities-hardcover-by-erik-desmazieres","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}