INTRODUCTION* 
intrinsic value of this accession, ordered the pay= 
rnent of £ 400, the sun) demanded, and caused 
the collection to be added to their Library. It 
consists of eighty-four volumes, among which 
is Dr. Eentiey's copy of the plays of Aristo- 
phanes, with his copious and profound illustra- 
tions, a commentary much prized by the first 
critics in Greek literature. 
Roberts's Eng- The Trustees having, at all times, particularly 
at heart to make such additions to their ample 
stores as may tens] to illustrate national objects of 
inquiry, did not fail to listen to a proposal made 
them, in the year 1810, by Edward Roberts, Esq. 
of the Exchequer, offering them the purchase of 
a rich series of the Coins of the Realm, from the 
Conquest to the present time, which he valued at 
4000 guineas. — Having, on sufficient evidence, 
ascertained the importance of the object, and 
the fairness of the estimate, they accepted the of- 
fer, by which means, with the addition of the 
Saxon coins just now mentioned, and those of sub- 
sequent dates already in the repository, they may 
safely boast of being possessed of the most com- 
plete national collection of coins now extant. 
3^ — DONATIONS 
