A two-volume work from 1870 about the founders of the British Museum, its later donors and its collections.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Volume 1: Book I. Early Collectors - The Gatherers of the Foundation Collections: 1. Introduction; 2. The founder of the Cottonian Library; 3. The chief collector and the augmentors of the old Royal and Public Library at St. James; 4. The collector of the Arundelian Mss.; 5. The collector of the Harleian Mss.; 6. The founders of the Sloane Museum; Book II. The Organizers, and Early Augmentors: 1. Introductory; 2. A group of classical archaeologists and explorers. Volume 2: 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.
