Sammelband of Five Works on Collection in the British Museum & the Louvre

Panizzi, Antonio & Frederic Madden . . .

British Museum. A short Guide to the Portion of the Library of Printed Books now Open to the Public. London: By Order of the Trustees, May 1851. 33 pp. With: Madden, Frederic. British Museum: List of Autograph Letters, Original Charters, Great Seals, and Manuscripts Exhibited to the Public in the Department of Manuscripts. London: Printed by Order of the Trustees, August 1851. 35 pp. With: Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum. London: Printed by G. Woodfall and Son, 1851. 238 pp. With: Notice sur les Collections don’t se compose le Musée de l’Artillerie. Paris: Imprimerie de Bachelier, 1845. 267 pp. With: Comte De Clarac. Description des Antiques du Musée National du Louvre. Paris: Vinchon, fils et successeur de Mme. Ve Ballard, 1848. 308, [68] pp.

Item #1193

Together five works in one volume.  12mo.  160 x 100 mm.; 6 ½ x 4 inches.  Bound in contemporary leather spine and tips, marbled paper boards; spine leather showing wear and some cracking, otherwise a sound copy.

Interest group of pamphlets prepared for public consumption and at the behest of the British Museum and the Louvre in Paris.  For Panizzi and Madden 1851 was a critical time in the history of British Museum as new space was required to manage the growing collections and the public was clamoring for access.  These pamphlets were published to inform the Trustees about the growing collections of books and manuscripts and that a decision about the new reading room need to be taken.   The Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum was published as a reminder of the extent of the collection including details of all the rooms in the museum that held natural history collections and antiquities. 

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Price: $425.00