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Luxury

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Wealth

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Images about Luxury

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  • A physician gazing in amazement at a urine sample of an elderly female patient who is seated near him in a richly furnished room. Engraving by J.B. Fosseyeux after F. Giani after G. Dou.

Works from the collections

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    Histoire du luxe privé et public depuis l'antiquité jus qu'à nos jours / par H. Baudrillart.

    Baudrillart, Henri Joseph Léon, 1821-1892. | Date: 1878-1880
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    A physician gazing in amazement at a urine sample of an elderly female patient who is seated near him in a richly furnished room. Engraving by J.B. Fosseyeux after F. Giani after G. Dou.

    Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675. | Reference: 21718i
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    The idea of luxury : a conceptual and historical investigation / Christopher J. Berry.

    Berry, Christopher J. | Date: 1994
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    Sanitatis tuendae praecepta cum aliis, tum literarum studiosis hominibus, & ijs qui minus exercentur, cognitu necessaria. : Contra luxum conuiuiorum. Contra notas astrologicas ephemeridum de secandis venis.

    Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565. | Date: [1556?]
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    Luxury : a rich history / Peter McNeil & Giorgio Riello.

    McNeil, Peter, 1966- | Date: 2016

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