The British Museum : a history / David M. Wilson
2002, First Edition. London : British Museum Press. Near fine cloth copy in a near fine, somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #467572
ISBN: 0714127647
Physical description; 416 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm. Contents; 1. Beginnings, 1753-9 -- 2. Access and Accessions, 1759-99 -- 3. Long Awakening, 1799-1836 -- 4. Problems and Solutions, 1836-60 -- 5. Fission and Consolidation, 1860-97 -- 6. War and Space, 1897-1945 -- 7. Reconstruction and Separation, 1945-73 -- 8. Freedom or Control? 1973-2002. Subjects; British Museum. History. Museums. England. London. History. Collectors and collecting. Great Britain. History. Antiquities. Collection and preservation. Great Britain. History. London (England). Intellectual life.
Price: €50.00