1833. The BORELL CABINET of GREEK and ROMAN COANS Collected by the late H. P. Borell, of Smyrna. Purcseré by the Trustees for £1000. 1884, Sams' ConLECTION of EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. Collected by Joseph Sams. Purchased, by a Parlia mentary grant, for £2500. [See Book III, Chapter 3.] (XXXVIII) 1934 and subsequent years). The HAWKINS FOSSILS. Ched by Thomas Hawkins, of Glastonbury. Pazed by successive grants of Parliament, in the roue 4 and 1840. (See Book 111, Chapter 3.] (XXXX) HARD The ManDWICKE ORNITHOLOgical Museum. ice Book 11, Chapter 4.] PETR The Mee Messum of BeyeriaN ANTIQUITIES, ! andria (Died 30 October, 1827). Purchased (at various Book I, times) by Parliamentary grants. Of Mr. Salt's successive Collections of Egyptian (XLI) 1836. The MARSDEN CABINET of ORIENTAL COINS. Collected by William Marsden (Died 6 October, 1836). Bequeathed by the Collector. [See Book III, Chapter 3.] (XLII) 1836. The SHEEPSHANKS COLLECTION of ETCHINGS, PRINTS, &c. Collected by John Sheepshanks (Died October, 1863); and Given by the Collector. (XLIII) 1837-43. The CANINO VASES. A selection from the superb Museum of the Prince of Canino (Died 29 June, 1840); acquired by successive purchases before and after the Collector's death. (XLIV) 1839. The Mantell Fossils. Collected by Gideon Algernon Mantell (Died November 10, 1850). Purchased by a Parliamentary grant. [See Book III, Chapter 4.] Chap. I. TION. (XLV) 1841-1847. SYRIAC MANUSCRIPTS from the NITRIAN MONASTERIES. Collected by the Reverend Henry Tattam and by M. Pachot. Purchased by the Trustees, by three successive bargains, in the years 1841-1847. [See Book III, Chapter 3.] (XLVI) 1842. The HARDING PRINTS and DRAWINGS. Purchased, for the Trustees, by selection at the Collector's sale. The selection comprised 321 very choice specimens of early German and Italian masters; and was acquired for the sum of £2390. (XLVII) 1843. The RAPHAEL MORGHens Prints. Purchased by the Trustees, by a like selection, at a public sale in 1843. (XLVIII) 1845. The LrCIAN OF XANTHIAN MARBLES. Diampered by Sir Charles Fellowes (Died 1960) in the years 1842-1844. Transferred to the Miram at the cost of the Trustees in 1845. [Bee Book III, Chapter 3.] (XLIX) 1847. The ClamNVILLE LIBRARY, Colboded by the Hight Hon. Thomas Grenville (ied 17 Dasanber, 1940). Bequeathed by the Collector. [Rice Book 111, Chapter 2.] (L) 1847. The MICHAEL HEBREW LIBRARY. Collected by H. J. Michael, of Hamburgh. Purchased by the Trustees from his Executors. [See Book III, Chapter 4.] (LI) 1847. JOHN ROBERT MORRISON'S CHINESE LIBRARY. Collected by J. R. Morrison (son of the eminent Christian Missionary and Lexicographer-Died 1843). Purchased from his Executors by a Parliamentary grant. [See Book III, Chapter 4.] (LII) 1848. The CROIZET FOSSIL-MAMMALS. Collected by M. Croizet in Auvergne. Purchased by the Trustees. (LIII) 1851-1860. The ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES. Partly discovered by Austen Henry Layard. Excavated at the public charge, and under the joint direction of the Trustees of the British Museum and of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in 1851 and subsequent years by the Discoverer, and by H. Rassam, and W. K. Loftus. [See Book III, Chapter 3.] BOOK I TION. Book I, (LXII) 1860. The ALLAN-GREG CABINET of MINERALS. Collected, mainly, by R. H. Greg, of Manchester. Purchased by the Trustees. [See Book III, Chapter 4.] (LXIII) 1860. The GARDNER HERBARIUM of BRAZIL. (LXIV) 1860. The CYRENE MARbles. Discovered, and excavated by Lieutenants R. M. Smith and Porcher, under firmans from Constantinople, and at the charge of the Trustees, in 1860 and subsequent years. [See also No. LXVI under the year '1863,' and BOOK III, Chapter 3.] (LXV) 1862. The HAEBERLEIN FOSSILS. Collected by Haeberlein. Brought from Solenhofen ; and Purchased by the Trustees. (LXVI) 1863. The SICILIAN ANTIQUITIES. Discovered and excavated by George Dennis (Her Majesty's Consul at Benghazi), under direction from the Foreign Office, in 1862 and subsequent years. Presented by Earl Russell. |