Bidspirit auction | To Have and to Hold:

To Have and to Hold: An Intimate History of Collectors and Collecting by Philipp Blom (Author) - New York: Peter Mayer Publishers, 2002. 274 pp., il., 23.7 by 15.6 cm Ex-Library book, but otherwise in good condition with some wear to the dust jacket. The book is a completely engrossing, idiosyncratic, ruminative, meandering, delightful, episodic exploration of the collecting mind from mediaeval times to the present - full of eccentrics, visionaries, heroes and nutcases. It is (as such a book must be) itself something of a work of art. English Edition. Rare to find & sold out book.