Curiosities and Texts: The Culture of Collecting in Early Modern England

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Copyright University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Swann, Marjorie. Curiosities and texts :the culture of collecting in early modern England Marjorie Swann. p. cm. (Material texts) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN England-Civilization-17h Collectors and collecting-EnglandHistory -17th century. 3. English literature-Early modern, 1500-1700-History and criticism. Natural history-England-History-17th century. 6. Antiquarians-England-History-17th century. I. Title. DA38o.Sg3 2001 942.06-dcz~ 2001027021 F O R M Y T E A C H E R S in theDepartment of English, Queen?University, Kingston, Ontario F O R M Y T E A C H E R S in theDepartment of English, Queen?University, Kingston, Ontario This page intentionally left blank ...