Harleian Library

 [hahr-lee-uhn]  

Har·le·ian Li·brary

   [hahr-lee-uhn]
noun
a large library of manuscripts collected by the British statesman Robert Harley and his son and now housed in the British Museum.
Origin:
< Neo-Latin Harleiānus of, belonging to (Robert) Harley; see -an
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