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| Material type | Monografia | |
| Format | Testo a stampa (moderno) | |
| Description | The *mirror : a history / Sabine Melchior-Bonnet ; translated by Katharine H. Jewett ; with a preface by Jean Delumeau. - New York : Routledge, c2001. - xi, 308 p. : ill. ; 22 cm | |
| Work's title | Histoire du Miroir | |
| ISBN | 9780415924474 | |
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| Publisher | Routledge | |
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| Publication year | 2001 | |
| Language | Inglese | |
| Thesaurus | Customs | |
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| Dewey | 749.309 | |
| Index | Translator's note / by Katherine H. Jewett Preface / by Jean Delumeau Introduction Part 1. The origin of the mirror 1. The secret of Venice 2. The royal glass and mirror company 3. From luxury to necessity Part 2. The magic of resemblance 4. In the semblance of God 5. The triumph of Mimesis 6. Staring at the self in order to imagine the self Part 3. Troubling strangeness 7. The devil's distorted faces 8. Oblique mirrors and specular trickery 9. Mirror fragments Conclusion Notes Index |