Enlightenment : discovering the world in the eighteenth century /

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Imprint:London : British Museum, c2003.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4972900
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Varying Form of Title:Discovering the world in the eighteenth century
Other authors / contributors:Sloan, Kim.
Burnett, Andrew.
British Museum.
ISBN:0714127655
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-299) and index.

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