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SECTION III. 



THE lafl: Department we are to 

 mention in this our Account is 

 that of printed Books ; it contains many 

 Colledlions, and a great Number of 

 fcarce Works, well worth the Attention 

 of the learned World. 



Crofling the Hall, in the Way from 

 the back Stairs, the firft Room we enter 

 is appropriated for modern Works of the 

 Prefs ; Part of it is filled with Books 

 fcnt in by the Stationers Company, and 

 otlier Prefents given to the Mufeum in 

 the Reign of his late Majefty the re- 

 maining Paft of the PrefTes are prepared 

 for the Reception of fuch as may be 

 added in the Reign of his prefent Ma- 

 jefty. 



Major Edward sV Library, 



This is a good Colledlion of Engli/Ii^ 

 Frmch^ and Italian Books, but chiefly the 



