ROOMyil^ 
" MSS. 
' 12 
SEVENTH ROOM. 
THE ROYAL LIBRARY OF MANUSCRIPTS, 
Deposited in XXXIII. Presses. 
THE COTTONIAN LIBRARY OF MANUSCRIPTS, 
Deposited in XXL Presses. 
These two libraries are not classed in a strict sci¬ 
entific order*. 
In the press under No. XIX. of the Cottonian 
library are deposited ninety-four volumes of ex¬ 
tracts, transcripts, and notes, chiefly relating to 
the Exchequer, collected by Thomas Maddox, Esq. 
historiographer to Queen Anne and King George I. 
and bequeathed by his widow, as an addition to the 
Cottonian library. 
On the table, in a glazed frame, is the original 
of the Magna Charta, belonging to the Cottonian 
library; and on the side of it is a fac-simile engrav¬ 
ing of it, by Pine.—Against press XXL of the 
Cottonian library is the original of the Articles pre¬ 
paratory to the signing of the great Charter, per¬ 
fect with the seal; presented Anno 1/69 by Earl 
Stanhope. 
* Of the King’s Library, a catalogue compiled by Mr.'David Casley 
was printed in the year 1734, in quarto: and of the Cottonian Li¬ 
brary, there are no less than three catalogues extant: the first by 
Dr. Thomas Smith, printed 1696, folio; the second, being an attempt 
towards a classical arrangement, printed in 1777> octavo; and the 
third, improved and considerably enlarged by Mr. Planta, printed by 
His Majesty’s command in the year 1802, folio. 
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