Collected by Gideon Algernon Mantell (Died November 10, 1850). Purchased by a Parliamentary grant.
[See Book III, Chapter 4.]
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1841–1847. Syriac Manuscripts from the Nitrian Monasteries.
Collected by the Reverend Henry Tattam and by M. Pachot. Purchased by the Trustees, by three successive bargains, in the years 1841–1847.
[See Book III, Chapter 3.]
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1842. The Harding Prints and Drawings.
Purchased, for the Trustees, by selection at the Collector’s sale. The selection comprised 321 very choice specimens of early German and Italian masters; and was acquired for the sum of £2390.