The Pleasures of Collecting.[How to Become a Collector; History of Collections; Art Collections; Natural Collections; Objects in Everyday Life; Coins, Armour & Books; Strange & Useless Objects][Armor]

187 pp. ; illustrated with many color images ; OCLC: 1373356 ; LC: AM231; Dewey: 790.132 ; green textured cloth with gold lettering ; covers a little worn ; "We invite you to take part in journey among beautiful art treasures, the treasures of nature and of the imagination. Indeed, what other justification could there be, in a family encyclopedia, to have a volume devoted solely to collections and collecting, other than to encourage the reader to reflect on the things that surround him--or could surround him?" ; apparently intended to be a volume in a proposed encyclopedia work, the project was obviously dropped and individual volumes authorized for publishing by Derbibooks, although it is unclear which of the publishers, Derbibooks, Caxton Publishing, Ottheimer or L'Esperto, had the original idea ; VG.