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Science

January Miscellany

A short list of recent acquisitions

I am delighted to present a new catalogue of mostly recent acquisitions.

A short chronological selection of educational and instruction aids, charts, manuals and text-books

The impetus to collect is as old as time, and the motivating factors myriad, each collector inspired by a combination of reasons, a fact true for both lovers of books and objects alike. Human curiosity has long been an influential propulsive force, fuelling our appetite for knowledge about foreign lands, unfamiliar animals and all the workings of the world – both natural and man-made. As the book collecting community comes together once again, albeit virtually for the time being, I am therefore pleased to present my latest catalogue on the theme of collectors and collecting – Wonders Bound – A Selection of Curiosities. Predominantly from a private collection, the 40 item list includes Wunderkammers, associated instructional works on how best to transport, preserve, and display the natural and artificial wonders, as well as works on zoological gardens (Moscow, Paris and Berlin), auction catalogues, guide-books, and other curiosities. After a relatively quiet summer, it has been an enjoyable, and often thought-provoking, catalogue to work on, and I hope that it may be of interest.