Antiquaires -- 18e siècle. -- Grande-Bretagne

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Artifacts: how we think and write about found objects

by Lake, Crystal B.

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"The book is a study of the artifacts that antiquarians (a.k.a. antiquaries) collected in the long eighteenth century. The author considers what objects drew their attention and how they interpreted and wrote about them--in politically charged ways and not with pure historical o…