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 1835. (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 1803—by =Thomas Bruce, Earl of Elgin= (Died 14 October, 1841). _Purchased_ by Parliament in 1816 for the sum of £35,000. [See BOOK II, Chapter 2.] (XXII) =1816.= The MONTAGU ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS. _Collected_ by =Colonel George Montagu= (Died 20 June, 1815), and arranged, as a Museum of British Zoology—and especially of Ornithology—at Knowle, in Devonshire. _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’ ARCHÆOLOGICAL 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.] (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.