Abstract
The British Library's “most lavishly‐illustrated book to date” (better even than their Annual Report?) is Treasures of the British Library, ISBN 07123 0155 0, 290 x 219mm, £25, by Nicolas Barker and the curatorial staff of the British Library, illustrated with 138 colour and 190 black‐and‐white photographs of outstanding items in the Library's collections. Printed books, illuminated manuscripts, papyri, autograph albums, maps, music, oriental material of all kinds, stamps, paintings, prints, photographs, ephemera, sculpture, furniture, sound recordings and newspapers are all featured so there cannot be many examples from each category, but they have been chosen as landmarks in the history of the development of the national collection and the choices made will be of great interest.
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