The story of how this collection was made, and for whom;* how
* The following memorandum, relative to this collection of News papers, books, and pamphlets, is from the curious autograph in the first volume of the Catalogue :—
"A Collection of Books and Pamphlets Begun in the year 1640, by the Special Command of King Charles the First of Blessed Memory, and continued to the happy Restoration of the Government, and the Coronation of King Charles the Second.
* The following memorandum, relative to this collection of News papers, books, and pamphlets, is from the curious autograph in the first volume of the Catalogue :—
"A Collection of Books and Pamphlets Begun in the year 1640, by the Special Command of King Charles the First of Blessed Memory, and continued to the happy Restoration of the Government, and the Coronation of King Charles the Second.
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