William Hunter's World The Art and Science of Eighteenth-Century Collecting

Despite William Hunter's stature as one of the most important eighteenth-century men of science, and the fact that his collection is the foundation of Scotland's oldest public museum, The Hunterian, until now there has been no comprehensive examination in a single volume of his diverse collections. This volume, comprising essays by international specialists, restores Hunter to a position of prominence among the men whose amassing of specimens transformed our understanding of the natural world. It includes Internet links to the Hunterian's web pages and on-line databases.