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ROOM III. 
ROOM IV. 
Three Presses 
between the 
Windows. 
Birch’s MSS. 
Presses III.— 
XXX. 
Sloanean 
MSS. 
cal, juridical, biographical, heraldical, and mis¬ 
cellaneous collections 
FOURTH ROOM. 
SLOANEAN AND BIRCH’S COLLECTIONS 
OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
A collection of MSS. bequeathed by the late 
Dr. Birch, consistingofthreehundred and thirty- 
seven volumes, chiefly on history, biography, 
divinity, and literature. 
Sir Hans Sloane’s library of MSS., consisting 
of 4100 volumes, principally on physic, natural 
history, and natural philosophy. It also contains 
Kaempfer’s MSS.; several journals of voyages; 
and some Oriental MSS. 
In a recess, within this room, are placed Mr. 
Hashed’s and some other collections of Oriental 
MSS.; and a collection of MSS. and Rolls, 
consisting of sixty-two articles relating to Kent, 
purchased of Mr. Hasted. 
Over the chimney is a drawing of the Palace 
of Columna, near Moscow, which belonged to 
the Czars of Moscovy ; it was built of wood, 
and is now demolished : presented by the Ho¬ 
nourable Percy Wyndhamt. 
* A new Catalogue of this Library was completed and published 
in 1819, under the direction and at the expense of the Commissioners 
upon Records of the Kingdom. 
t A Catalogue of the contents of this Room, and of most of the 
additional acquisitions in the Fifth Room, compiled by the. Rev. S. 
Ayscough, was printed in the year 1772, in two volumes quarto. 
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