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Why fakes matter : essays on problems of authenticity / edited by Mark Jones.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	0714117218
Title	Why fakes matter : essays on problems of authenticity / edited by Mark Jones.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	London : Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Press, c1992.
Description	198 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Note	"The essays collected here derive from papers presented to the FAKE symposium held at the British Museum on 7-10 June 1990 to coincide with the exhibition 'Fake? the art of deception'"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	pt. I. The falsification and restoration of classical antiquities -- pt. II. Faking in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- pt. III. Concepts of authenticity.
Subjects	Art -- Forgeries -- History
Subjects	Art -- Expertising -- History
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons	Jones, Mark, 1951-
Other Corporate Bodies	British Museum
Related title	Fake, the art of deception.
Call number	702.874 WHY

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Barcode	Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Status	Due Date
A00165887	702.874 WHY	General Collection		. Available to Museum Staff .