Lansdowne manuscripts
The Lansdowne manuscripts are a significant named collection of the British Library, based on the collection of William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne.[1] The purchase of the collection by the British Museum was in 1807.[2] The main features of the collection, as outlined by Nicholas Harris Nicolas, are:[3]
Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of PembrokeBritish LibraryWilliam Petty, 1st Marquess of LansdowneBritish MuseumNicholas Harris NicolasLord BurghleySir Julius CaesarWhite KennettJames WestWilliam PetytDictionary of National BiographySir Nicholas Harris NicolasHenry EllisFrancis DouceEttridge CollectionEvanion CollectionFrancis Place CollectionJaffray CollectionNational Reports CollectionAshley LibraryCotton LibraryDexter CollectionDurrell CollectionEccles CollectionEdiciones VigíaGarrick CollectionHannas CollectionHarold Pinter ArchiveKing's LibraryLeyden Medical DissertationsPaston LettersPrivate CaseSuppressed Safe collectionThomason CollectionArundel ManuscriptsCoptic Language CollectionCotton CollectionEgerton CollectionHarleian CollectionRoyal manuscriptsKing's manuscriptsStowe manuscriptsSyriac CollectionStefan Zweig CollectionBeudeker CollectionBurney CollectionPhilatelicBailey CollectionBlackburn CollectionBojanowicz CollectionBooth PapersBurnett CollectionCampbell-Johnston CollectionChismon CollectionChinchen CollectionContributions Agency CollectionCrawford LibraryCrown Agents ArchiveCrown Agents CollectionDavies CollectionEwen CollectionFeldheim CollectionFitzgerald CollectionFletcher CollectionForeign and Commonwealth OfficeForeign Office CollectionGeneral CollectionGinger CollectionH.M. Customs and Excise CollectionH.M. Stationery Office CollectionHarrison CollectionHarrison & Sons CollectionHeys CollectionImperial War Museum stamp collectionInland Revenue Stamping ArchiveJohnson CollectionKaluski CollectionKay CollectionLangmead CollectionLandmark Trust Lundy ArchiveMcInroy CollectionModel CollectionMonks CollectionMosely CollectionMuraleetharan PapersMurray CollectionPhotograph CollectionPostal Authority Publicity CollectionR.P.S.L. Handouts CollectionRow CollectionRyan CollectionSeymour CollectionScott CollectionShelley CollectionSherborn CollectionSmith CollectionSupplementary CollectionTapling CollectionTreasury Excise CorrespondenceTurner Collection of ForgeriesTurner Collection of Newspaper Tax StampsTurner Collection of Railway Letter StampsU.P.U. CollectionWalker CollectionWilliams PapersWilson-Todd CollectionBritish Library Sound ArchiveOral History of British ScienceSt Mary-le-Bow DebatesBookbindingsFriendsPanizzi LecturesPreservation OfficeReading RoomSounds