Guildhall Library, its origin and progress : being an appeal to the Corporation of London for its reconstruction / by W. Sedgwick Saunders.

  • W. Sedgwick Saunders
Date:
1869
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Credit: Guildhall Library, its origin and progress : being an appeal to the Corporation of London for its reconstruction / by W. Sedgwick Saunders. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    ‘ ^ valuable assortments of works of standard literature “ to be found in the country. “Whilst this cannot but be a subject of satisfaction “ to your Honourable Court, it must render it apparent “ that the accommodation which amply sufficed for the “ comparatively small collection which was possessed “ at the formation of the Library, must be now pro- “ portionately inadequate to meet the growing demands “ for further space ; and not only is more room required “ for the reception of the increasing number of books, “ but the insufficiency of the accommodation provided “for the visitors, whose numbers become annually “ larger, has long been severely felt. “ That your Honourable Court appreciated the “ necessity of making some provision for this state of “ things is evident, by your having so far back as the July^ 1862, agreed to the Report of the City “ Lands Committee, recommending (inter alia) the ‘ ‘ alteration and adaptation of the rooms over the Comp- “troller’s Offices for the pm’poses of the Library, at “ an expense of £2,300; and this Report has been re- ‘‘ ferred to your Committee for execution. “ It will be in the memory of the Court, that in the “year 1863 they undertook the charge of the unique “ and valuable collection of works in the custody of the “ authorities of the Dutch Church, Austin Friars, agree- “ ing to the stipulation that a separate room should be “ set apart for its reception. Appreciating, therefore, “ the necessity of carrying out the agreement made “ with the authorities of the Dutch Church, and re- “ membering that your Honourable Court has recently “ purchased two collections of Antiquities to be added “ to the already valuable one in the Museum attached D 2
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