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The Infinity of Lists: An Illustrated Essay

Umberto Eco · Alastair McEwen (tr)

November 17, 2009 · Hardcover · Rizzoli · 408 pp

First edition · Edition 1st US · ISBN 9780847832965 · English · US · Dewey 709 · LC PN56.L54 .E2613 2009

Non-Fiction

Hardcover

Reflecting on the enormous trove of human achievements at the Louvre, bestselling author and philosopher Eco embarks on an investigation of the phenomenon of cataloging and collecting. From medieval reliquaries to Andy Warhol's compulsive collecting, Eco shows how such catalogues mirror the spirit of their times.

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