Hans Sloane's Library Collection and the Production of Knowledge
by Alice Wickenden
Title:
Hans Sloane's Library Collection and the Production of Knowledge
Author:
Alice Wickenden
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
264 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:
9781009497398
EAN:
9781009497398
Classifications:
Literature: history and criticism
Weight (g):
642
Dimensions (mm):
235 x 162 x 21
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Price:£114.00
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Description
Alice Wickenden uses Hans Sloane's remarkable collection – the founding core of the British Library and British Museum – to ask what a library really is. Hers is the first book to bring methodologies of material culture, book history, and bibliography alongside a full-length study of the establishment of the British Library.
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