British Library
The British Library is a research library in London that is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the largest libraries in the world. It is estimated to contain between 170 and 200 million items from many countries. As a legal deposit library, the British Library receives copies of all books produced in the United Kingdom and Ireland, including a significant proportion of overseas titles distributed in the UK. The Library is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.The British Library is a major research library, with items in many languages and in many formats, both print and digital: books, manuscripts, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, videos, play-scripts, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings. The Library's collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial holdings of manuscripts and items dating as far back as 2000 BC. The library maintains a programme for content acquisition and adds some three million items each year occupying of new shelf space.
Prior to 1973, the Library was part of the British Museum, also in the Borough of Camden. The Library's modern purpose-built building stands next to St Pancras station on Euston Road in Somers Town, on the site of a former goods yard. There is an additional storage building and reading room in the branch library near Boston Spa in Yorkshire. The St Pancras building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 25 June 1998, and is classified as a Grade I listed building "of exceptional interest" for its architecture and history. Provided by Wikipedia
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21by Mandeville, John, Sir“...British Library...”
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23by Mandeville, John, Sir“...British Library...”
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24by Charles, d'OrlĂ©ans, 1394-1465“...British Library...”
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29by Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham“...British Library...”
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31by Heywood, John, 1497?-1580?“...British Library...”
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32by Redford, John, -1547“...British Library...”
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33by R. W. (Robert Wilmot), active 1568-1608“...British Library...”
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35by Schaw, Janet“...British Library...”
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37by Galfridus Anglicus, Dominican friar, active 1440“...British Library...”
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