Booking now open :Conference announcement: From Books to bezoars
FROM BOOKS TO BEZOARS: an international conference celebrating the 350th anniversary of the birth of Sir Hans Sloane, physician, naturalist and collector, will be held at the British Library on 7 and 8 June 2010.
The conference forms part of the Sloane Printed Books project, funded by the Wellcome Trust, and is generously supported by the British Library and the British Museum.
Sloane Printed Books project http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/prbooks/sloaneprintedbooksproject/sloaneprinted.html
Conference programme http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/prbooks/sloaneprintedbooksproject/sloaneconference2010.pdf
Tickets can be booked through the British Library Box Office. The cost of the conference is £50 for two days, to include all refreshments and lunch.
IMPORTANT NOTE: When booking, please also contact Alison Walker separately to let us know if you wish to attend the reception at the British Museum in the evening of 7 June, and if you wish your name to appear in the delegate list for this event.
Alison Walker
Lead Researcher
The Sloane Printed Books Project
British Library
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
020 7412 7465
alison.walker@bl.uk