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03048aam a2200481 i 4500 001 912CE1806B5511E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 131226s2014 ctua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013042768 020 $a 0300192231 (hardback) 020 $a 9780300192230 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)862098393 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d OCLCO $d ERASA $d UKMGB $d YDXCP $d DEBBG $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk-en 050 00 $a QL406.2 .T63 2014 082 00 $a 594/.680941 $2 23 084 $a BIO022000 $a SCI034000 $a HIS051000 $a BIO022000 $2 bisacsh 084 $a LH 60400 $2 rvk 084 $a TB 6300 $2 rvk 100 1 $a Tobin, Beth Fowkes, $e author. 245 14 $a The Duchess's shells : $b natural history collecting in the age of Cook's voyages / $c Beth Fowkes Tobin. 264 1 $a New Haven : $b Yale University Press, $c [2014] 300 $a 316 pages : $b illustrations (chiefly color) ; $c 26 cm 520 $a "Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, the 2nd Duchess of Portland (1715-1785), was one of the wealthiest women in eighteenth-century Britain. She collected fine and decorative arts (the Portland Vase was her most famous acquisition), but her great love was natural history, and shells in particular. Over the course of twenty years, she amassed the largest shell collection of her time, which was sold after her death in a spectacular auction. Beth Fowkes Tobin illuminates the interlocking issues surrounding the global circulation of natural resources, the commodification of nature, and the construction of scientific value through the lens of one woman's marvelous collection. This unique study tells the story of the collection's formation and dispersal-about the sailors and naturalists who ferried rare specimens across oceans and the dealers' shops and connoisseurs' cabinets on the other side of the world. Exquisitely illustrated, this book brings to life Enlightenment natural history and its cultures of collecting, scientific expeditions, and vibrant visual culture"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Shells $x History $z England $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Shells $v Private collections $z England. 600 10 $a Portland, Margaret Cavendish Holles Harley Bentinck, $c Duchess of, $d 1715-1785 $x Natural history collections. 650 0 $a Natural history $z England $x History $y 18th century. 650 7 $a HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SCIENCE / History. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women. $2 bisacsh 650 4 $a BIOGRAPHY et AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women / bisacsh. 650 4 $a HISTORY / Expeditions et Discoveries / bisacsh. 650 4 $a HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century / bisacsh. 650 4 $a SCIENCE / History / bisacsh. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190702014254.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=912CE1806B5511E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search