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Harleian Library
[ 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.
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Origin of Harleian Library1
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Example Sentences
There were a considerable number of Caxtons in the Harleian Library, and several of these were duplicates.
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It was from the Harleian Library, and was purchased from Osborne in 1746 for 15s.
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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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