Lives of the Founders of the British Museum, Part 2 of 2 by Edward Edwards

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67390.html.images 986 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67390.epub3.images 2.2 MB
EPUB (older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67390.epub.images 2.2 MB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67390.epub.noimages 402 kB
Kindle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67390.kf8.images 2.5 MB
older Kindles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67390.kindle.images 2.4 MB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67390.txt.utf-8 763 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/67390/pg67390-h.zip 2.2 MB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Edwards, Edward, 1812-1886
Title Lives of the Founders of the British Museum, Part 2 of 2
With Notices of Its Chief Augmentors and Other Benefactors, 1570-1870.
Original Publication United Kingdom: Trübner and Co.,1870.
Note Reading ease score: 57.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Credits Richard Tonsing, MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Summary "Lives of the Founders of the British Museum, Part 2 of 2" by Edward Edwards is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work explores the contributions of notable individuals who were instrumental in establishing and augmenting the British Museum from 1570 to 1870. It highlights the roles of early benefactors and the significance of their collections in developing a national repository of knowledge and culture, emphasizing the importance of private donations in enriching public institutions. The opening portion of the book presents a discourse by Antonio Panizzi, advocating for the accessibility of resources in the British Museum for scholars of all backgrounds. He argues that the nation has contributed minimally to the development of the museum's library compared to what was given by private individuals. The text introduces various prominent figures such as Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode, William Petty, and Dr. Charles Burney, detailing their contributions and legacies, including significant collections of manuscripts and printed works. Through their benevolence, these individuals not only enriched the museum but also ensured that scholars from all walks of life could access invaluable resources for their research and education. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class Z: Bibliography, Library science
Subject British Museum
Subject Book collectors -- Great Britain
Category Text
EBook-No. 67390
Release Date
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 88 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!