Sir Joseph’s botanical Collections included the Herbaria, severally, of =Cliffort=; of =Clayton= (the basis of the ‘_Flora Virginica_’); of =John Baptist Fusée d’Aublet= (Died 6 May, 1728); of =Nicholas Joseph Jacquin=, author of the ‘_Floræ Austriacæ_’ (Died 24 October, 1817); and of =Philip Miller=, author of ‘_The Gardener’s Dictionary_’ (Died 18 December, 1771); with portions of the Collections of =Tournefort=, =Hermann=, and =Loureiro=. (XXXI) =1829.= The HARTZ-MOUNTAINS MINERALS. _Collected_ at various periods and by several mineralogists. This fine Cabinet was for a considerable period preserved at Richmond. _Presented_ by =King George the Fourth=. (XXXII) =1829.= The EGERTON MANUSCRIPTS. _Collected_ by =Francis Henry Egerton, Earl of Bridgewater= (Died 11 February, 1829). _Bequeathed_ by the Collector; together with a sum of £12,000, to be invested, and the yearly income to be applied for further purchases of MSS. from time to time; and with other provision towards the salary of an ‘Egerton Librarian.’ [See BOOK II, Chapter 5.] (XXXIII) =1831.= The ARUNDELIAN MANUSCRIPTS. _Collected_, between the years 1606 and 1646, by =Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel=, &c. (Died 4 Oct., 1646); _Given_ in 1681 by his eventual heir, =Henry Howard=, Esquire (afterwards XIIth Duke of Norfolk—Died in 1701), and at the request of John Evelyn, to the Royal Society; _Transferred_ by the Council of that Society, in 1831,—partly by purchase, and partly by exchange—to the Trustees of the British Museum. The Collection includes the bulk of the Library of =Bilibald Pirckheimer=, purchased at Nuremberg, by LORD ARUNDEL, in 1636. [See BOOK I, Chapter 4.] _COLLECTIONS OF PICTURES BELONGING TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, BUT DEPOSITED IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY._ (XXXIV) =1823.= The BEAUMONT GALLERY. _Collected_ by =Sir George Howland Beaumont= (Died 7 February, 1827); _Given_ by the Collector in 1823 to the British Museum, on condition of its usufructuary retention, during his lifetime. Deposited in the National Gallery, under terms of arrangement, after the Collector’s death. (XXXV) =1830.= The HOLWELL-CARR GALLERY. _Collected_ by the Reverend =William Holwell Carr= (Died 24 December, 1830), and by the Collector _bequeathed_ to the British Museum. _Deposited_ under arrangements similar to those adopted for the Beaumont Pictures in the National Gallery.