Lives of the Founders of the British Museum : With Notices of its Chief Augmentors and Other Benefactors, 1570–1870 (Paperback)

Book I. Early Collectors - The Gatherers of the Foundation Collections: 1. Introduction; 2. The founder of the Cottonian Library; 3. The chief collector and the augmentors of the old Royal and Public Library at St. James; 4. The collector of the Arundelian Mss.; 5. The collector of the Harleian Mss.; 6. The founders of the Sloane Museum; Book II. The Organizers, and Early Augmentors: 1. Introductory; 2. A group of classical archaeologists and explorers.