Three hundred notable books added to the Library of the British Museum, under the keepership of Richard Garnett. 1890-1899.

Excerpt from Three Hundred Notable Books Added to the Library of the British Museum Under the Keepership of Richard Garnett 1890-1899
The project which has here taken shape was being talked of as a pleasant occupation for the leisure of 1899, when a chance allusion to it led to the discovery that the book, to be ready at the right moment, had to be written, illustrated, and printed within less than ten weeks. That it seems likely that this will be achieved p... >Voir plus