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Written in 1870, this two-volume work covers the period 15701870. Volume 2 looks at some of the early book donors and George III's Royal Library, as well as later benefactors of the period 18291870.

Table of Contents
Book II continued: 3. A group of book-lovers and public benefactors; 4. The King's or 'Georgian' Library; its collector, and its donor; 5. The founder of the Banksian Museum and Library; Book III. Later Augmentors and Benefactors 1729–1870: 1. General view of the history of the British Museum under Joseph Planta; 2. Introduction to Book III (continued) - growth, progress, and internal economy, of the British Mueum under Sir Henry Ellis; 3. Introduction to Book III (continued) - growth, progress, and internal economy, of the British Museum under Sir Antonio Panizzi; 4. Another group of archaeologists and explorers - the spoils of Xanthus, of Babylon, or Nineveh, of Halicarnassus, and of Cathage; 5. The founder of the Grenville Library; 6. Other benefactors of recent days; 7. Reconstructors and projectors; Index.

Lives of the Founders of the British Museum

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 6/17/2010 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9781108014960
      978-1108014960
      ISBN-10 1108014968
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Written in 1870, this two-volume work covers the period 15701870. Volume 2 looks at some of the early book donors and George III's Royal Library, as well as later benefactors of the period 18291870.

      Table of Contents
      Book II continued: 3. A group of book-lovers and public benefactors; 4. The King's or 'Georgian' Library; its collector, and its donor; 5. The founder of the Banksian Museum and Library; Book III. Later Augmentors and Benefactors 1729–1870: 1. General view of the history of the British Museum under Joseph Planta; 2. Introduction to Book III (continued) - growth, progress, and internal economy, of the British Mueum under Sir Henry Ellis; 3. Introduction to Book III (continued) - growth, progress, and internal economy, of the British Museum under Sir Antonio Panizzi; 4. Another group of archaeologists and explorers - the spoils of Xanthus, of Babylon, or Nineveh, of Halicarnassus, and of Cathage; 5. The founder of the Grenville Library; 6. Other benefactors of recent days; 7. Reconstructors and projectors; Index.

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