“‘Chaos naturae et artis’: imitation, innovation, and improvisation in the library of Sir Hans Sloane. Part 1” Alexandra Ortolja-Baird Library and Information History December 2020 Click here Abstract This article explores the library catalogues of the physician, President of the Royal Society, and omnivorous collector Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753). It draws attention to how Sloane…

“Enlightenment architectures: The reconstruction of Sir Hans Sloane’s cabinets of ‘Miscellanies’” Kim Sloan, Julianne Nyhan Journal of the History of Collections 05 December 2020 Click here Abstract Focusing on Sir Hans Sloane’s catalogue of ‘Miscellanies’, now in the British Museum, this paper asks firstly how Sloane described objects and secondly whether the original contents of…