The book “Wunderkammer” (Prestel Verlag, Munich, 2018, 175 pages) “takes us on a wonderful picture journey to fantastic exotica, rarities and magical objects from all over the world”. The Belgian journalist also writes in a remarkably well-founded manner. It not only contains good information about turtles, but also a number of illustrations, examples: Ole Worms (1588 - 1654), cabinet of curiosities work by the contemporary artist Tom Liekens, turtle shells as a luxury item (powder bottle), copperplate engraving by Levinus Vincents (1719) and an installation by the US artist Rosamond Purcell (homage to Ole Worms). - About the book "Lustmord einer Turtle" (and other stories): the original edition from the publisher "Die Andere Bibliothek", Berlin, 2014, 430 pages, is limited and numbered (No. 4051) and carefully designed overall. The author is considered a provocateur who loves the grotesque. The correct category here is fiction. [hint: this is an automatic translation from German]   |   Category: Art books   |   Material: Papier   |   Country of origin: Bavaria, Germany | Similar pieces