Collecting the world : Hans Sloane and the origins of the British Museum

Author(s)

• Delbourgo, James

Bibliographic Information

Collecting the world : Hans Sloane and the origins of the British Museum

James Delbourgo

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017

• : cloth
• : (pbk.)

Other Title

Collecting the world : the life and curiosity of Hans Sloane

Note

First published: London : Penguin Books, 2017; under the title: Collecting the world : the life and curiosity of Hans Sloane

Includes bibliographical references and index

Details

• NCID: BB25026082
• ISBN:
  • 9780674737334
  • 9780674237483
• LCCN: 2017029550
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: xxxi, 504 p., [24] p. of plates
• Size: 21-25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : AM401.S58
  • DC23 : 069.092
  • DC23 : B
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753
  • LCSH : Physicians -- England -- London -- Biography
  • LCSH : British Museum -- History
  • LCSH : Cabinets of curiosities -- England -- London