Abstract
The King was one of the great book collectors of his age and a founder of the British national library He began to collect books before he came to the throne The library was not acquired for his personal use but as the nucleus of a national library ... The King's library was designed for scholars and was open to all ... Its value today is incalculable. The King bequeathed the library to his successor, who in 1823 presented it to the British Museum.1
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