Museums: The life and times of a curiosity-monger (original) (raw)

Henry Nicholls revels in a biography of Enlightenment collector and Royal Society president Hans Sloane.

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Nicholls, H. Museums: The life and times of a curiosity-monger.Nature 545, 410–411 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/545410a

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• Published: 25 May 2017
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