1756. COLONEL WILLIAM LETHIEULLIER.

Egyptian Mummies, Coffins, fragments of Statues, &c.

1756. MRS. CATHERINE MADOX, widow of Thomas Madox, Historiographer Royal. (By bequest.)

Her husband's manuscript collections for a Feudal History

of England.

1757. HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE II.

The old Royal Library, consisting of about 10,500 volumes.

1759. SALOMON DA COSTA, Esq.

A choice collection of 180 Hebrew Books, a Hebrew Roll, and 2 ancient Hebrew Manuscripts.

1760-91. BROWNLOW, 9TH EARL OF EXETER.

Bronze head of a Philosopher, commonly called 'Homer,' and other objects.

1762-76. DR. MATTHEW MATY. (By bequest.) Various busts, and a portrait of himself.

1763. AN UNKNOWN Donor, PROBABLY DR. GARNIER. Two Chelsea Porcelain Vases, since become objects of great value.

1763-1802. HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE III.

The collection of Tracts formed by George Thomason, in number about 30,000, commonly known as The King's Pamphlets; Several Egyptian Antiquities, collected by Edward Wortley Montagu, Esq.; Coffin with Egyptian Mummy, Sarcophagi, Frieze of a Temple, &c., being objects obtained at the Capitulation of Alexandria; Ethnographical collections made by Captain Cook during his voyages.

1764-77. MATHEW DUANE, ESQ.

Minerals, Antiquities, and miscellaneous objects.

1765. THE REVEREND THOMAS BIRCH, D.D. (By bequest.) Historical and other Manuscripts in 378 volumes, and Printed Books on History and Biography.

1766. THE REVEREND JEREMIAH MILLES, D.D., DEAN OF

EXETER.

Sir James Ware's Manuscript collections for the History and Antiquities of Ireland.

1767. JOHN, 3RD EARL OF BUTE, K.G.

Coins, Bas-relief, and Egyptian Antiquities.

1768. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ARTHUR ONSLOW, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. (By bequest.)

A collection of Printed Bibles.

1769. MAJOR ARTHUR EDWARDS. (By bequest.)

A collection of Printed Books, intended as an addition to the Cottonian Library.

1772-84. SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON.

Miscellaneous Antiquities, Greek and Roman.

1772-1815. THE ROYAL SOCIETY.

Books, and miscellaneous objects.

1773-1818. SIR JOSEPH BANKS, BART., P.R.S.

Collections of Books printed in Iceland; Icelandic Manuscripts; British Antiquities; Ethnographical collections from the South Seas and North America; &c.

1827. THE SAME. (By bequest.)

A Library of about 16,000 volumes on Natural History and Voyages and Travels, &c.

1773-85. HUGH, EARL PERCY AND DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, K.G.

An ancient Altar with a Greek inscription, found t Corbridge; Zoological specimens, &c.

1775. CAPTAIN JAMES COOK.

A collection of Ethnographical Objects from the South Sea Islands.

1778. SIR JOHN HAWKINS.

A collection of works on Music.

1785. THE REVEREND WILLIAM COLE.

Manuscript collections for a History of Cambridgeshire.

1785-1870. THE SOCIETY OF DILETTANTI.

Greek Inscriptions and Sculptures; Views in Greece and Asia Minor; and Inscriptions from Priene.

1786. SIR ROBERT RICH.

Portrait of Oliver Cromwell, and a Watch usually worn by him.

1786. THOMAS TYRWHITT, ESQ. (By bequest.)

Works of Classical, Italian, and Spanish authors, in about 900 volumes.

1790-99. SIR WILLIAM MUSGRave, Bart.

Collections of Printed Books and Manuscripts, chiefly Biographical, in about 1,900 volumes.

1792. PAUL METHUEN, ESQ.

Printed Books, in Italian and Portuguese.

1796. SIR WILLIAM BURRELL, BART. (By bequest.)

Manuscript collections for the History of Suffolk, with Drawings by S. H. Grimm.

1799. THE REVEREND CLAYTON MORDAUNT CRACHERode.

A Library of about 4,500 volumes, remarkable for their beauty and excellence of condition; engraved Gems; Coins, chiefly Roman; Prints and Drawings; &c.

1799. WILLIAM FAWKNER, Esq.

310 Drawings.

1805. T. TAILIPE, ESQ.

A Colossal Hawk in white marble, Egyptian.

1805. GEORGE JOHN, 2ND EARL SPENCER, K.G., F.R.S. Fragments of Egyptian Sculpture, and Inscriptions.

1807. DR. BANCROFT, JUNR.

A marble Column, with a Greek inscription, from Aboukir.

1809. THE VERY REVEREND SIR RICHARD KAYE, BART., DEAN OF LINCOLN. (By bequest.)

Collection of English Autographs; and Drawings by S. H. Grimm of English views, antiquities, &c.

1811. J. CHARLES CROWLE, ESQ. (By bequest.)

An illustrated copy of Pennant's London.

1812. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS FREDERICK, DUKE of York. The lower part of an Egyptian kneeling figure, with hieroglyphs.

1813. GEORGE, 3RD EARL OF ASHBURNHAM, K.G.

Roman bronze Statue of an imperial personage; found at Barking Hall, Suffolk.

1814. THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES.

Frescoes from St. Stephen's Chapel, Westminster.

1815. PEREGRINE TOWNELEY, Esq.

A large number of ancient Bronzes, and some specimens of ancient Pottery.

1816. FRANCIS TOWNE, ESQ. (By bequest.)

His views in Rome.

1817-60. GEORGE, 4TH EARL OF ABERDEEN, K.G., K.T., F.R.S. Quadrangular ruptured block of black Marble, with Figures in bas-relief and Cuneiform Inscriptions—Annals of Sargon; Sculptures from Persepolis; a painted Greek Fictile Vase; and a collection of Greek Sculptures.

1817. CAPTAIN CAVIGLIA.

Collections of Egyptian Antiquities obtained from the Great Sphinx, during excavations in the vicinity.

1817. HENRY SALT and LOUIS BURKHARDT, ESQS.

Head and part of body of a Colossal Statue from the ruins of Memnonium, Thebes.

1817. THE RT. HON. LORD SELSEY.

Roman silver Ornaments, and a bronze figure of Mars found in the parish of Barkway, Hertfordshire.

1818. DOROTHEA, LADY BANKS.

Collections formed by MISS BANKS, of Printed Books on Tournaments, Chivalry, &c., and of Medieval and Modern Coins and Medals; and a large collection of English Tokens.

1821. SOMERSET, 2ND EARL OF BELMORE.

Stone Sarcophagus from Thebes.

1822-30. HUDSON GURNEY, Esq.

Manuscript collections for the History of Suffolk by Harry Jermyn; Seal of Ethelwald, Bishop of Dunwich; Roman Tessellated Pavement from Carthage.

1823. HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE IV.

The Library formed by KING GEORGE III., consisting of about 65,250 volumes, exclusive of pamphlets; also Coins and Medals; Helmet from Olympia, &c.

1824. RICHARD PAYNE KNIGHT, ESQ.

A large collection of Marbles, Bronzes, and engraved Gems; Greek Coins; and Drawings.

1825. SIR RICHARD COLT HOARE, Bart.

A valuable collection of Printed Books on the topography of Italy.

1825. JOSEPH FOWLER HULL, ESQ.

A collection of Chinese Printed Books and Oriental Manuscripts.

1825. SIR GORE OUSELEY, BART.

The Persepolitan Marbles collected by him during his embassy to the Court of Persia; &c.

1826. ADAM WOLLEY, ESQ. (By bequest.)

Manuscript collections, chiefly relating to Derbyshire.