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

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

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

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

Edwards, Edward

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LIVES OF
                              THE FOUNDERS
                                 OF THE
                            BRITISH MUSEUM;
                                  WITH
         NOTICES OF ITS CHIEF AUGMENTORS AND OTHER BENEFACTORS.
                               1570–1870.

                           BY EDWARD EDWARDS.

                                PART I.

                                LONDON:
                 TRÜBNER AND CO., 60, PATERNOSTER ROW.
                                 1870.
                        (_All rights reserved._)

              PRINTED BY J. E. ADLARD, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE.

    LIVES OF THE FOUNDERS, AND NOTICES OF SOME CHIEF BENEFACTORS AND
                   ORGANIZERS, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

         _COTTON—ARUNDEL—HARLEY—COURTEN—SLOANE—HAMILTON—CHARLES
        TOWNELEY—PAYNE-KNIGHT—LANSDOWNE—BRIDGEWATER—KING GEORGE
   III—BANKS—CRACHERODE—GRENVILLE—FELLOWS—LAYARD—CURETON—&c. &c. &c._

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[Illustration:

  DALLASTYPE.

  The first British Museum; formerly the residence of the Duke of
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                               LIVES OF
                             THE FOUNDERS
                                OF THE
                           BRITISH MUSEUM;
     WITH NOTICES OF ITS CHIEF AUGMENTORS AND OTHER BENEFACTORS.
                              1570–1870.

                           BY EDWARD EDWARDS.

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