Hardback. Very Good. ISBN 0714127655 9780714127651 [GB]

British Museum Pubns Ltd, Date: 1999. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1999. British Museum Pubns Ltd ISBN 0714127655 9780714127651 [US]

British Museum Pubns Ltd, Date: 2003-09-08. Hardcover. Good. 2003. British Museum Pubns Ltd ISBN 0714127655 9780714127651 [US]

London : British Museum Press, Date: 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 304 pages: illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cm. Contents: pt. I. The 'Universal Museum' -- 1. 'Aimed at universality and belonging to the nation': the Enlightenment and the British Museum / Kim Sloan -- 2. Collectors and commemoration: portrait sculpture and paintings in the British Museum / Aileen Dawson -- 3. 'Most curious, splendid and useful': the King's Library of George III / Graham Jefcoate -- 4. The King's Library and its architectural genesis / Tim Knox -- 5. Ancient glory and modern learning: the sculpture-decorated library / Thorsten Opper -- pt. II. The Natural World -- 6. Challenging the dogma: classifying and describing the natural world / Robert Huxley -- 7. Natural history collectors and their collections: 'simpling macaronis' and instruments of empire / Robert Huxley -- 8. The nature of the earth and the fossil debate / Jill Cook -- 9. Rocks, fossils and the emergence of palaeontology / Jill Cook -- pt. III. The Artificial World -- 10. The ordering of the artifical world: collecting, classification and progress / Luke Syson -- 11. 'The King love medals': the study of coins in Europe and Britain / Andrew Burnett -- 12. Engraved gems: the lost art of antiquity / Judy Rudoe -- 13. Words and ...

ISBN10: 0714127655, ISBN13: 9780714127651, [publisher: British Museum Press, London] Hardcover Qto., 304 pages, illustrated in both colour, and in b/w. Unused, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Size: Qto
[Near Hull, EY, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]

London British Museum Press 2003 Hardcover Fine in Fine jacket Qto Qto., 304 pages, illustrated in both colour, and in b/w. Unused, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket.

ISBN10: 0714127655, ISBN13: 9780714127651, [publisher: London : British Museum Press] Hardcover First Edition Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 304 pages: illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cm. Contents: pt. I. The 'Universal Museum' -- 1. 'Aimed at universality and belonging to the nation': the Enlightenment and the British Museum / Kim Sloan -- 2. Collectors and commemoration: portrait sculpture and paintings in the British Museum / Aileen Dawson -- 3. 'Most curious, splendid and useful': the King's Library of George III / Graham Jefcoate -- 4. The King's Library and its architectural genesis / Tim Knox -- 5. Ancient glory and modern learning: the sculpture-decorated library / Thorsten Opper -- pt. II. The Natural World -- 6. Challenging the dogma: classifying and describing the natural world / Robert Huxley -- 7. Natural history collectors and their collections: 'simpling macaronis' and instruments of empire / Robert Huxley -- 8. The nature of the earth and the fossil debate / Jill Cook -- 9. Rocks, fossils and the emergence of palaeontology / Jill Cook -- pt. III. The Artificial World -- 10. The ordering of the artifical world: collecting, classification and progress / Luke Syson -- 11. 'The King love medals': the study of coins in Europe ...