Rather than the customary focus on the activities of individual collectors, The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer, 1815-c. 1850: The Commodification of Historical Objects illuminates the less-studied roles played by dealers in the antique and curiosity collecting markets. This volume redresses an imbalance to-date in studies of the history of collecting, examining the activities, agency and influence of the antique and curiosity dealers as they emerge in the opening decades of the nineteenth century. This study begins at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, when dealers began...