Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. 1 Introduction: For the Love of Shells 1
4. Part I Surface Matters
5. Chapter 1: The Nature of Exotic Shells 21
6. Chapter 2: Shells, Bodies, and the Collector’s Cabinet 49
7. Part II Microworlds of Thought
8. Chapter 3: Shell Life, or the Unstill Life of Shells 75
9. Chapter 4: Thinking with Shells in Petronella Oortman’s Dollhouse 103
10. Part III The Multiple Experienced
11. Chapter 5: Shells and Grottoes in Early Modern Germany 127
12. Chapter 6: Shells, Prints, and the Discerning Eye 155
13. Acknowledgments 177
14. Notes 179
15. Bibliography 190
16. Contributors 202
17. Index 205
18. Illustration Credits 214