To Have and to Hold: An Intimate History Of Collectors and Collecting

"This curiously moving history . . . traces the development of collections since the Renaissance through lively portraits of famous collectors." —The New Yorker

From amassing sacred relics to collecting celebrity memorabilia, the impulse to hoard has gripped humankind throughout the centuries. But what is it that drives people to possess objects that have no conceivable use? To Have and To Hold is a captivating tour of collectors and their treasures from medieval times to the present, fro...