5 
of them originals; 46 volumes of Sir Julius room iri. 
Caesar s papers, all relative to the history of the La^d^ra 
time of Queen Elizabeth and King James I.: MSSi 
108 volumes of historical collections of Dr. White 
Ken net, Bishop, of Peterborough : a consider¬ 
able number of original, royal, and noble letters 
and papers : and a great store of historical, juri¬ 
dical, biographical, heraldical, and miscellaneous 
collections. # 
FOURTH ROOM. 
SLOANEAN AND BIRCH’S COLLECTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
A collection of MSS. bequeathed by the late room iv. 
Dr. Birch, consisting of 33 J volumes, chiefly on Thr<^7p7esses 
history, biography, divinity, and literature. Endows? 2 
(Vide Introduction, p. xxii.) B.rch’s mss. 
Sir Hans Sloane’s library of MSS. consisting of Presses in _ 
4100 volumes, principally on physic, natural sioanean mss. 
history, and natural philosophy. It also contains 
Kasmpfer’s MSS. ; several journals of voyages ; 
and some oriental MSS. 
In a recess, within this room, are placed Mr. 
Halhed’s and some other collections of oriental 
g MSS. 
* The repertory to this library being, at present, nothing 
more than a sale catalogue, and, of course, very imperfect, will 
require to be newly constructed on the enlarged plan of the other 
catalogues belonging to this Institution. Some progress has been 
made in this work : but il must be a considerable time befoxe it 
can be completed. 
