CONTENTS
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I The Collection as a Means to Physical Security
2 The Collection as a Means to Distinction
3 The Collection as a Means to Immortality
{ The Collection as a Means to Knowledge and Esthetic
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5 How the Collection Is Born
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6 The Old Men: Collectors in the Ancient World
7 A Roman Holiday
8 Dark Age in the West
9 Light from the East
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