Lives of the Founders of the British Museum, Part 1 of 2

Lives of the Founders of the British Museum, Part 1 of 2 - With Notices of Its Chief Augmentors and Other Benefactors, 1570-1870.

LIBER MONASTERII DE HYDA; comprising a Chronicle of the Affairs of England from the Settlement of the Saxons to Cnut; and a Chartulary; A.D. 4551023. Edited by the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majestys Treasury, under the Direction of the Master of the Rolls. 8vo. 10s. 6d. THE LIFE OF SIR WALTER RALEGH; based on Contemporary Documents preserved in the Rolls House, the Privy Council Office, Hatfield House, the British Museum, and other Manuscript Repositories, British and Foreign. Together with his Letters, now first Collected. 2 vols. 8vo. 32s. For the materials of the earlier of the Lives contained in this volume I have been chiefly indebted to the Collection of State Papers at the Rolls House; to the Privy-Council Registers at the Council Office; and to many manuscripts in the Cottonian, Harleian, Sloane, and Lansdowne Collections at the British Museum. 3...The reverence and respect your Petitioners bear to the memory of the most learned Sir Robert Cotton are too great not to mention, in particular, that from the liberal use of his Library sprang (chiefly) most of the learned works of his time, for ever highly to be valued. The great men of that age constantly resorted to and consulted it to shew the errors and mistakes in government about that period. And, as this inestimable Library hath since been generously given and dedicated to the Public use for ever, to be a National Benefit, your Petitioners presume that no expression of gratitude can be too great for so valuable a treasure, or for doing honour to the Memory and Family of Sir Robert Cotton.Petition to the Honourable House of Commons from the Cottonian Trustees (drawn up antecedently to the Foundation Act of the British Museum); 1752. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 67389
Author: Edwards, Edward
Release Date: Feb 17, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publication Date: 1870
Publisher Country: United Kingdom