Animadversions on the library and catalogues of the British Museum. A reply to Mr. Panizzi's statement; and a correspondence with that officer and the Trustees.
- Nicholas Harris Nicolas
- Date:
- 1846
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Animadversions on the library and catalogues of the British Museum. A reply to Mr. Panizzi's statement; and a correspondence with that officer and the Trustees. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![4A dietl, different from the one you wanted, and immediately j)receding it, Land. 1704;” you mistook this part of the entry of what you did not want, and applied it to what you did. Should you not deem this answer satisfactory, I will thank you by your informing me of it, that I may lay your complaint before the Trustees. Believe me, My dear Sir, Very faithfully yours, A. Panizzi. Most assuredly 1 did “not deem tliis answer satis- factory,’’ and I coni])lied with Mr. l^anizzi’s request by telling him so;— TO A. PANIZZI, ESQ. Torrington Square, 19 May, 184(i. My prak Sir, In reply to your letter I beg leave to say, that your explanation is wholly unsatisfactory to me. 1 dill not make any complaint respecting the four books, because 1 am so accustomed to such a delay^ that I consider it a matter of course, though certainly not one of necessity. With respect to the fifth book, I am of opinion that the Title only ought to be, as it would have been in the time of your predecessors, sufficient. 1 did, however, give, and correctly, the Press-mark, and there is no other book in the English language with that title. It is idle to pretend that, because a mistake was made as to its size and date, which, in the instance of a work of which there is only one edition, cannot be necessary, and ought not to be required, there was any difficulty in finding the volume. If there had really been any doubt as to the work 1 required, why was not the question asked me, or both books brought ? w’hereas no notice whatever was taken of my application for an hour and a half, and then only because I Insisted upon its being attended to. You seem to think that 1 should have informed you of](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28038988_0052.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
