SYNOPSIS, 
ON entering the gate of the Museum, a spa- 
eious quadrangle presents itself, with an Ionic 
colonnade on the south side, and the main build-* 
ing # on the north ; the two wings being allotted 
for the dwellings of the Officers. The Architect* 
Peter Puget, a native of Marseilles, and an artist 
of the first eminence in his time, was sent over 
from Paris by Ralph, first Duke of Montagu, 
for the sole purpose of constructing this splendid 
Mansion* 
GROUND FLOOR. 
LIBRARY OF PRINTED BOOKS . 
The first floor* consisting of twelve rooms, library of 
contains the Library of Printed Rooks. Stran- books. 
gers are not conducted through these apart¬ 
ments, as the mere sight of the outside of 
F 2 books 
* This building measures 216 fee tin length, and 57 in heigh 
to the top of the cornice. 
