'Captivating ... just to read about the chaos of the cabinets, let alone look at the many beautiful images selected by Mauriès, is dizzying ... Mauriès offers the kind of historical unity of which the early collectors, with their wonderful curiosity and lust for affinity, would have been proud' - The Times Higher Education Supplement
'Mauriès’ book’s splendiferous illustrations, some of which fold out to disclose shocks within, alternate the delightful and the disturbing’ ' - Guardian
'Splendid' - Times Literary Supplement
'One of the most beautiful art books you will ever see' - World of Interiors
'Awesome ... a splendid memento mori' - Irish Times