[NHCOLL-L:523] New Publication - Murray's Museums Their History and Their Use

[Stephen Pober]

Pober Publishing is pleased to announce the publication of our reprint of David Murray's Museums: Their History and Their Use (3 vols. in 2). New introduction, "Mr. Murray's Cabinet of Wonder," by Paula Findlen, Stanford University.

Murray's Museums "continues to be the most important work of reference for the early history of the museums." - Paula Findlen.

Volume one is a general history of museums and collecting. The 704 page bibliography (v. 2-3) is divided into five sections:

I.   Literature of museums: bibliography of bibliographies.
II.  Museography
III. The collection, preparation, and preservation, registration and exhibition of specimens.
IV. Catalogues and other works relating to particular museums.
V.  Travels and general literature.

For more information about this work please request a copy of our descriptive brochure.

Please send all requests for information directly to Pober Publishing and not to the list. Thank you.

Stephen E. Pober
Pober Publishing
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Staten Island, NY 10301
Ph. & Fax: 718-816-9779
E-mail: pobe at worldnet.att.net 

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