Harleian Library

[ hahr-lee-uhn ]
noun

  1. a large library of manuscripts collected by the British statesman Robert Harley and his son and now housed in the British Museum.

Origin of Harleian Library

1
<New Latin Harleiānus of, belonging to (Robert) Harley; see -an

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How to use Harleian Library in a sentence

  • There were a considerable number of Caxtons in the Harleian Library, and several of these were duplicates.

    Prices of Books | Henry B. Wheatley

  • It was from the Harleian Library, and was purchased from Osborne in 1746 for 15s.

    Prices of Books | Henry B. Wheatley

  • No copy of Bynneman's edition has hitherto been discovered; a copy of that of 1567 was in the Harleian Library.

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