Antiques: The History of an Idea, Leon Rosenstein, Very Good

Antiques\nby Leon Rosenstein\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Leon Rosenstein\nTitle: Antiques\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Philosophy: aesthetics\nPublisher: Cornell University Press\nPublication year: 2008\nISBN-13: 9780801447341\nISBN-10: 0801447348\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nThe notion of retrieving a bit of the past-by owning a material piece of it-has always appealed to humans. Often our most prized possessions are those that have had a long history before they came into our hands. Part of the pleasure we gain from the...\n\nThe notion of retrieving a bit of the past-by owning a material piece of it-has always appealed to humans. Often our most prized possessions are those that have had a long history before they came into our hands. Part of the pleasure we g.