Catalogue of the Waddesdon Bequest in the British Museum
Auteur : British Museum, Hugh Tait
Date de publication : 1986
Éditeur : The Museum
Nombre de pages : 392
Résumé du livre
The third of a proposed five volumes describing the Renaissance courtly objects collected by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild and bequesthed to the British Museum. 51 `curiosities' are here illustrated, described and discussed in detail, including exotica made from shell, hardstones, rock-crystals and silver.