Enlightenment by Kim Sloan
The Enlightenment was a period of intense activity devoted to discovery and learning about the natural world, the past and other civilizations. Classification, collecting and deciphering were all important stages on the way to understanding the world and its inhabitants. The King's Library was built to house the books donated from the royal libraries of King George II and his grandson King George III, and they epitomize the interest in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in scholarship and study. Aimed at the general reader and relevant to many academic diciplines, this book explores the ways people acquired new information, organized their ideas and reached their conclusions.
Kim Sloan is an Assistant Keeper in the Department of Prints & Drawings in the British Museum and lead curator of the new Enlightenment Gallery in the King's Library. The other contributors are drawn from The British Museum, British Library, Science Museum and Natural History Museum.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780714127651 |
| ISBN 10 | 0714127655 |
| Title | Enlightenment |
| Author | Kim Sloan |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | British Museum Press |
| Year published | 2003-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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