In miniature ; how small things illuminate the world
Garfield, Simon2019
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This title provides a delightful, entertaining, and illuminating investigation into our peculiar fascination with making things small, and what small things tell us about the world at large. Simon Garfield reveals the secret histories of tiny Eiffel Towers, the truth about the flea circus, a doll's house made for a Queen, eerie tableaux of crime scenes, miniature food, model villages and railways, and more.
Main title:
In miniature ; how small things illuminate the world / Simon Garfield.
Author:
Garfield, Simon, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Canongate, 2019.
Collation:
289 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2018.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781786890795 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
306
Language:
English
BRN:
262078
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