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Title:

Enlightenment : discovering the world in the eighteenth century / edited by Kim Sloan, with Andrew Burnett.

Publisher:

Smithsonian Books,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

304 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Enlightenment.
Intellectual life--18th century--History.
Europe--History.--18th century--History.
British Museum.
British Museum--Histoire.
Siècle des lumières--Grande-Bretagne.
Collectionneurs--Grande-Bretagne--Histoire--18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne--Vie intellectuelle--18e siècle.

Other Authors:

Sloan, Kim.
Burnett, Andrew (Andrew M.)
British Museum.

Notes:

"The book is published to coincide with the opening in 2003 of the Enlightenment Gallery in the newly restored King's Library at the British Museum."--T.p. verso. Published in association with the British Museum Press. Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-299) and index.

Contents:

The 'Universal Museum" -- The natural world -- The artificial world -- Ancient civilizations: new interpretations -- Voyages of discovery.
The 'universal museum' -- The natural world -- The artificial world -- Ancient civilizations : new interpretations -- Voyages of discovery.

ISBN:

9781588341648
158834164X

LCCN:

2003103328

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)