{"product_id":"lives-of-the-founders-of-the-british-museum-with-notices-of-its-chief-augmentors-and-other-benefactors-1570-1870-paperback-9781108014960","title":"Lives of the Founders of the British Museum; With Notices of its Chief Augmentors and Other Benefactors, 1570–1870 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108014960","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLives of the Founders of the British Museum\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWith Notices of its Chief Augmentors and Other Benefactors, 1570–1870\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is the second in a two-volume work about the founders of the British Museum.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEdward Edwards (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108014960, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 June 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e396 pages, 5 colour illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 2.2 x 14 cm, 0.5 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis two-volume work covers the period 1570–1870, and is one of several written on book collections by Edward Edwards (1812–1886), whose three-volume Memoirs of Libraries is also reissued in this series. Volume 2 looks at some of the early donors of books to the Museum. A chapter is then devoted to the Royal Library of King George III. Finally, Edwards concentrates on the period 1829–1870, giving a general view of the growth of the British Museum under a series of chief librarians, including his own contemporary, Sir Anthony Panizzi. Later chapters look at the donors of items in the ever-growing collection of antiquities, and give an account of the Grenville Library of over 20,000 books, bequeathed to the Museum in 1846 by one of its Trustees.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBook II continued: 3. A group of book-lovers and public benefactors\u003cbr\u003e 4. The King's or 'Georgian' Library\u003cbr\u003e its collector, and its donor\u003cbr\u003e 5. The founder of the Banksian Museum and Library\u003cbr\u003e Book III. Later Augmentors and Benefactors 1729–1870: 1. General view of the history of the British Museum under Joseph Planta\u003cbr\u003e 2. Introduction to Book III (continued) - growth, progress, and internal economy, of the British Mueum under Sir Henry Ellis\u003cbr\u003e 3. Introduction to Book III (continued) - growth, progress, and internal economy, of the British Museum under Sir Antonio Panizzi\u003cbr\u003e 4. Another group of archaeologists and explorers - the spoils of Xanthus, of Babylon, or Nineveh, of Halicarnassus, and of Cathage\u003cbr\u003e 5. The founder of the Grenville Library\u003cbr\u003e 6. Other benefactors of recent days\u003cbr\u003e 7. Reconstructors and projectors\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265937494296,"sku":"9781108014960","price":33.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108014960i.jpg?v=1694869335","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/lives-of-the-founders-of-the-british-museum-with-notices-of-its-chief-augmentors-and-other-benefactors-1570-1870-paperback-9781108014960","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}