Collecting the World: Hans Sloane and the Origins of the British Museum (Paperback)
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John Wilkins, a founder of the Royal Society, in 1668 tried to devise a language to classify every thing in the world. But his classifications were arbitrary, not natural or rational. Borges parodied Wilkins in an example of an imaginary 'Chinese encyclopaedia entitled the Celestial Empire of Ben...
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Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a collector. That is, he was insatiably curious about the world and collected artefacts from anyone, anywhere and on just about any subject. Primarily interested in botany and medical items, he saw no boundaries to his passion and built a personal collection including ...
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