Lives of the Founders of the British Museum, Part 2 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 2 of 2: With Notices of Its Chief Augmentors and Other Benefactors, 1570-1870.
Edwards, Edward
Book collectors -- Great Britain; British Museum
│Upper floor │ 2,950│ │ │ │
│New building │ │ 4,950│ │ │
├───────────────────────────────┼───────┼─────────┼──────────┼────────┤
│ │ 2,950│ 4,950│ │ 7,900│
├───────────────────────────────┼───────┼─────────┼──────────┼────────┤
│ PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. │ │ │ │ │
│Upper floor │ 2,600│ 3,204│ 2,600│ │
│New building │ │ 4,950│ │ │
├───────────────────────────────┼───────┼─────────┼──────────┼────────┤
│ │ 2,600│ 8,154│ 2,600│ 8,154│
├───────────────────────────────┼───────┼─────────┼──────────┼────────┤
│ COMMITTEE ROOM, OFFICES, │ │ │ │ │
│ STORES, &C. │ │ │ │ │
│Basement │ 1,290│ │ 1,290│ │
│Ground floor │ 3,565│ │ 3,565│ │
│Upper floor │ 1,869│ │ 1,869│ │
│New Building (Basement) │ │ 5,400│ │ │
│New Building (Ground) │ │ 4,950│ │ │
├───────────────────────────────┼───────┼─────────┼──────────┼────────┤
│ │ 6,724│ 10,350│ 6,724│ 10,350│
├───────────────────────────────┼───────┼─────────┼──────────┼────────┤
│ BINDERS. │ │ │ │ │
│Basement │ 1,360│ │ 1,360│ │
│Detached building │ 3,179│ │ 3,179│ │
│New building │ │ 7,760│ │ │
├───────────────────────────────┼───────┼─────────┼──────────┼────────┤
│ │ 4,539│ 7,760│ 4,539│ 7,760│
└───────────────────────────────┴───────┴─────────┴──────────┴────────┘
Your Committee, proceeds the Report, do not think it necessary to give
the particulars of the accommodation which the unappropriated portions
of the basement floor would afford for the preservation of moulds, as
well as for the formatore, for making and preserving casts of statues
and other large objects, as well as of gems and seals, and also for
providing such decent and suitable conveniences as the health and
comfort of the thousands who visit the Museum absolutely require.
[Sidenote: FUTURE USE OF BASEMENT.]
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