In miniature
Garfield, Simon2018
Book
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 / Simon Garfield.
Author:
Work:
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Canongate, 2018.
Collation:
289 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 19 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781786890771 (hbk)1786890771 (hbk)9781786890788 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
306 GAR306
LC class:
HM621
Language:
English
BRN:
325610