A Cabinet of Rarities author-nicholas-ganz localities real and envisioned from

localities real and envisioned from Plato’s Atlantis to St John the Divine’s Heavenly City of Revelation

and analysed in the light of his photographic work

exploring the role of drugs from ayahuasca in the Amazon to coffee in early modern Europe

It is sure to be the recognized textbook for the forseeable future

in both new buildings and historical churches and institutions

A Cabinet of Rarities author-nicholas-ganz localities real and envisioned fromWith breathtaking virtuosity and a unique, dreamlike vision, rik Desmazieres? a master of contemporary printmaking ? re creates interiors, cityscapes and fantastical compositions. For this book the first to include the artist's rare work in colour Desmazieres has delved deep into the arcane theme of cabinets of curiosities. Taking as his starting point the melancholy musings of the seventeenth century antiquary Sir Thomas Browne, he has reinterpreted