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" for the purchase of the Museum, or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts ; and for providing one General Repository for the better reception and more convenient use of the said collections ; and of the Cottonian... "
Librorum impressorum qui in Museo britannico adservantur catalogus
by British Museum. Department of Printed Books - 1815
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A Guide to the Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum, Bloomsbury ...

British Museum - 1883 - 230 pages
...dates Foundation, its actual foundation from the year 17-53, when an Act of Parliament was passed " for the purchase of the Museum, or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts ; and for providing one General Repository for the better reception and more convenient...
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The Yearbook of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great Britain and ...

Great Britain - 1903 - 320 pages
...British Museum dates its actual foundation from the year 1753, when an Act of Parliament was passed " for the purchase of the Museum or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts, and for providing One General Repository for the better Reception and more convenient...
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Museums and Art Galleries

Thomas Greenwood - Art museums - 1888 - 486 pages
...a few brief particulars of its general characteristics. An Act of Parliament was passed in 1753, " for the purchase of the Museum or collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian collection of manuscripts, and for providing one general repository for the better reception and more convenient...
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The Andover Review, Volume 14

Religion - 1890 - 1460 pages
...of the Sibylline leaves that the age had in its keeping. In 1753 an act of Parliament was passed " for the purchase of the museum or collection of Sir Hans Sloane and of the Harleian collection of manuscripts, and for providing one General Repository for the better reception and more convenient...
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London, Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions, Volume 1

Henry Benjamin Wheatley - London (England) - 1891 - 594 pages
...than it was said to have cost him. The offer was accepted, and an Act passed in 1753, entitled "An Act for the purchase of the Museum or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart., and of the Harleian Collection of MSS., and for providing one general repository for the better...
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A General Guide to the British Museum (Natural History), London: With Plans ...

William Henry Flower, British Museum (Natural History) - 1893 - 96 pages
...Museum dates its actual foundation from the year Foundation. 1753, when an Act of Parliament was passed "for the purchase of the Museum or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts, and for providing One General Repository for the better Reception and more convenient...
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The Library World, Volume 7

Libraries - 1905 - 374 pages
...statute constituting the British Museum.' This was promulgated as " 26 Gfcrge //., c. 22, 1753. An Act for .the purchase of the Museum or collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of tlie Harleian Collection of Manuscripts, nnd /or providing one general repository for the better reception...
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English Book Collectors

William Younger Fletcher - Book collectors - 1902 - 544 pages
...of its real value. This application was favourably received, and in June 1753 an Act was passed, ' For the purchase of the Museum, or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts; and for providing one general repository for the better reception and more convenient...
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Journal of Botany, British and Foreign, Volume 42

Berthold Seemann - Botany - 1904 - 604 pages
...British Museum was established by Parliament in 1758, under the provisions of 26 Geo. II. ch. 22, an Act for the purchase of the Museum or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane and of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts, and for providing one general Repository for the better reception and more convenient...
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Journal of Botany, British and Foreign, Volume 42

Berthold Seemann - Botany - 1904 - 604 pages
...British Museum was established by Parliament in 1753, under the provisions of 26 Geo. II. ch. 22, an Act for the purchase of the Museum or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane and of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts, and for providing one general Repository for the better reception and more convenient...
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