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Libraries within the library : the origins of the British Library's printed collections / edited by Giles Mandelbrote and Barry Taylor

Preface / Sir Colin Lucas -- Notes on contributors -- Chronology -- Abbreviations -- Introduction : from texts to collections / David Pearson -- The foundation collections. Henry VIII's library and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Rare Magical Manuscripts Go on Display at the British Library

Do you believe in magic? If not, “Harry Potter: A History of Magic,” the latest exhibition at the British Library in London, might very well make you a believer. Opened last month, the exhibition ...
Nature

British Museum Library Extension

THE ‘Iron Library’ extension, which is now being completed at the British Museum, London, by H.M. Office of Works, is an interesting development in the introduction of welded steel work. The present ...