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Brook, Timothy

Vermeer's Hat The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World Timothy Brook - 1st U.S. ed. - New York Bloomsbury Press Distributed to the trade by Macmillan 2008 - 272 p., 8 p. of plates 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-262) and index.

The view from Delft -- Vermeer's hat -- A dish of fruit -- Geography lessons -- School for smoking -- Weighing silver -- Journeys -- No man is an island.

ISBN: 9781596914445 1596914440

Subjects--Personal Names:
Vermeer, Johannes, 1632-1675 --Themes, motives.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Civilization, Modern--17th century.
South China -- Dutch -- Globalization -- Johannes Vermeer