From Books To Bezoars Sir Hans Sloane And His Collections
Publisher: British Library
Published: 2012
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780712358804
Description: This extensively illustrated volume offers fresh perspectives on the great 18th-century physician, naturalist and collector, Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753), whose holdings formed the basis of the British Museum and ultimately of its dual offspring, the Natural History Museum and the British Library.