[British Museum Act 1753] An Act for the Purchase of the Museum, or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane

[British Museum Act 1753]

An Act for the Purchase of the Museum, or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts… [drop-head title], issued with general title page: ‘Anno regni Georgii II. Regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, vicesimo sexto…’, [2], 331 - 366pp., some staining and offsetting, [ESTC N52865], folio, Thomas Baskett, 1753.

***On 7 June 1753, King George II gave his royal assent to the Act of Parliament which established the British Museum.