Book I, TION. terms of the Capitulation of Alexandria in 1801; Given to (XI) 1802. The TYSSEN ANGLO-SAXON COINS. Collected by Samuel Tyssen; Purchased by the (XII) 1805-1814. The TOWNLEY MARBLES, COINS, and Collected by the Townley Family, and chiefly by (XIII) 1807. The LANSDOWNE MANUSCRIPTS. Collected by William Petty Fitzmaurice, Marquess of Lansdowne (Died 1805), who incorporated in it from time to time parts of the Libraries and Manuscript Collections of William Cecil, Lord Burghley (Died 1598); of Sir Julius Cæsar (Died 1636); of White Kennet, Bishop of Peterborough (Died 1728); of John Strype (Died 1737); of Philip Carteret Webb (Died 1770); and of James West (Died 1772). Purchased by Parliament for the sum of £4925. (XIV) 1810. The GREVILLE MINERALS. Collected by Charles Greville. Purchased by Parliament for the sum of £13,727. [See Book II, Chapter 2.] (XV) 1810. The ROBERTS ENGLISH COINS. Collected by Edward Roberts, of the Exchequer ; Purchased by Parliament for the sum of £4200. This Collection extended from the Norman Conquest to the reign of George the Third. It was purchased for the Collector's heir. (XVI) 1811. The DE BOSSET GREEK COINS. Collected by Colonel De Bosset. Purchased by the Trustees for the sum of £800. (XVII) 1813. The HARGRAVE LIBRARY. Collected by Francis Hargrave. Purchased by Parliament for the sum of £5000. [See Book II, Chapter 3.] (XVIII) 1815. The РHIGALEIAN MARBLES. Discovered, in 1812, amongst the ruins of Ictinus' Temple of Apollo 'the Deliverer' at Phigaleia, in Arcadia, built about B.C. 430. Purchased in 1815, for the sum of £15,000. [See Book II, Chapter 2.] Book I, Chap. L INTRODUC TION. Book L Chap. L INTRODUC PION 1815. The VON MOLL LIBRARY and MUSEUM. Collected by the Baron Von Moll (Died...). Purchased (at Munich for the sum of £4768 (including the contingent expenses, out of the Fund bequeathed by Major Edwards. The Library of Baron Vox MOLL comprised nearly 20.000 volumes, and a considerable Collection of Portraits and other Prints. His Museum consisted of an extensive Herbarium and a Collection of Minerals. The purchase was completed in 1816. (Ir) 1816. The BEROLDINGEN FOSSILS. Acquired by purchase; and the only considerable acquisition, made in this department, between BRANDER'S gift of Fossils (gathered from the London Clay) in 1766, and the purchase of HAWKINS' fine Collection, in 1885. (XXI) 1816, The ELGIN MARBLES. Collected, under firman of the Ottoman Porte, between the years 1801 and 1810 and chiefly in the years 1802 and 1908 by Thomas Bruce, Earl of Elgin (Pod 14 October, 1841). Purchased by Parliament in PTO for the amm of €35,000, 1466 Book II, Chapter 2.] (XXII) THE The MONTAGU ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS. wycofed by Colonel George Montagu (Died Chap. I. 20 June, 1815), and arranged, as a Museum of British Book I, Zoology and especially of Ornithology-at Knowle, in INTRODUCDevonshire. Purchased at a cost of £1100. (XXIII) 1818. The BURNEY LIBRARY. Collected by Dr. Charles Burney (Died 28 December, 1817). Purchased by a Parliamentary vote for the sum of £13,500. [See Book II, Chapter 3.] (XXIV) 1818. MRS. BANKS' ARCHEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS. Collected by Mrs. S. S. Banks, and by Lady Banks; comprising a valuable series of coins, medals, prints, &c., and presented to the Museum by the Survivor. (XXV) 1823-1825. The KING'S LIBRARY. Collected by King George the Third (Died 1820); inherited by King George the Fourth, and by him transferred, on terms, to the British Museum. [See Book II, Chapter 4.] (XXVI) 1824. The PAYNE-KNIGHT CABINETS, LIBRARY, and MUSEUM. Collected by Richard Payne Knight (Died 24 April, 1824), a Trustee; comprising Marbles, Bronzes, Vases, Prints, Drawings, Coins, Medals, and Books. Bequeathed by the Collector. [See Book II, Chapter 3.] TION. Book I, Chap. I. INTRODUC TION. (XXVII) 1825. The PERSEPOLITAN MARBLES. [See Book II, Chapter 2.] (XXVIII) 1825. The ORIENTAL COLLECTIONS of CLAUDIUS JAMES RICH. Claudius Rich was British Consul at Bagdad (Died 5 Oct., 1821). He made an extensive gathering of Persian, Turkish, Syriac, and Arabic MSS., and of Coins, &c. These were purchased by a Parliamentary vote. (XXIX) 1825. SIR RICHARD COLT HOARE'S ITALIAN LIBRARY. Given, by the Collector, in 1825, and subsequently increased, by another gift. [See Book II, Chapter 3.] (XXX) 1827. The BANKSIAN LIBRARY, HERBARIA, and MUSEUM. Collected by Sir Joseph Banks, P.R.S. (Died 19 June, 1820), and a Trustee. Bequeathed by the Collector, with a prior life interest, to Robert Brown (Died 1858); and by him transferred to the British Museum in 1827. Sir Joseph's botanical Collections included the Herbarin, severally, of Cliffort; of Clayton (the basis of the Flora Virginica'); of John Baptist Fuséo d'Aublet (Died 6 May, 1728); of Nicholas Joseph Jacquin, author of the Flora Austriaca (Died 21 October, 1817); and of Philip Millor, author of The Gardener's Dic |