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son-in-law Richard Lord Lumley, of Sir John 
Morris, and of Isaac Casaubon, some of the 
volumes of the latter deriving considerable 
value from the MS. notes of the learned pro¬ 
prietor. This library also contains, among 
other most valuable articles, the venerable 
Alexandrian Codex of the Bible, several splen- 
did MSS., chiefly biblical and chronicles ; and 
among the printed books, abundance of old and 
rare editions, many of them being presentation 
copies from their respective authors. 
His present Majesty, equally desirous to con¬ 
tribute to the enlargement of an institution so 
useful and ornamental to his dominions, availed 
himself of an opportunity, which occurred soon 
after his accession, of making a very ample, and, 
in an historical point of view, a most valuable 
addition. A numerous collection of pamphlets 
and periodical papers, published in the convulsive 
interval between the years 1 640 and lS6o, after 
having passed through the hands of various 
persons, some of whom were, at times, obliged 
to secrete it with uncommon care and circum¬ 
spection, was at length offered for sale in the year 
1762 ; and His Majesty, being apprized of the 
circumstance, immediately ordered the same to 
be purchased and to be deposited in the Mu- 
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George II 
Collection 
of Pamphle 
seum. 
