The British Library A treasure house of knowledge

The British Library A treasure house of knowledge The British Library’s collections comprise 150 million items, and rising. Its treasures span 30 centuries, and come from almost every country and language since man stopped building the Tower of Babel. They include many of the most celebrated documents and publications in existence, and countless more that are remarkable but unfamiliar: Magna Cart, the Lindisfame Gospels, the Diamond Sutra and the Codex Sinaiticus; the oldest Buddhist texts, Jewish manuscripts, the earliest printed book, the largest Atlas and the first illustrated English news pamphlet; Gutenberg ’s 42 -line Bible, Shakespeare’s First Folio, Mozart’s catalogue of his own works, and one of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks; Alice’s Adventures Under Ground’; the archives of the British Empire, secret of the Cold War, and historic documents relating to the independence of India, Egypt, Indonesia and many more countries besides; children’s board games; and the books that won the globe’s literary prizes last year.

The Sir John Ritblat Gallery in the Library's St Pancras building hosts a permanent display of our greatest treasures, drawn from the many millions of items in our collections. See over 200 beautiful and fascinating items: sacred texts from many faiths, maps and views, early printing, literary, historical, scientific and musical works from over the centuries and around the world. כתבי יד עתיקים : באולם התצוגה של אוצרות הספרייה הלאומית כתבי יד של מלחינים וספרים ראשונים , מהעולם ובשפות שונות . . . ביניהם תנ"ך גוטנברג על קלף ועל נייר , שהודפסו

The Constitution of Athens Papyrus CXXXI

The Gutenberg Bible.

Sir Walter Raleigh’s Notes for his History of the World – c. 1600

Cassini’s Map of the Moon The first scientific map of the Moon. It was made in Paris in about 1679 by the astronomer Giovanni Cassini.

The Klenke Atlas The largest Atlas in The World This colossal atlas was presented to Charles II by a consortium of Dutch merchants on his restoration to the British throne in May 1660.

A Spanish Spin on South American Geography Map of South America by Diego Homen, 1555, from the Queen Mary Atlas Showing upper Amazon river

Shakespeare’s first folio Title page incorporating a portrait of Shakespeare London 1623

Falstaff appears among the characters on the stage of the Red Bull Playhouse

The old Hall Manuscript The Old Hall Manuscript is the largest, most complete, and most significant source of English sacred music of the late 14 th and early 15 th centuries, and as such represents the best source for late Medieval English music.

J. S. Bach: 'The Well-tempered Clavier', Book II, Fugue in A Flat major. Autograph Manuscript 1740 -42 .

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sketches in the composer's hand for the String Quartet Op. 131.

'Messiah': autograph composition draft, 'Amen Chorus'. George Frideric Handel, London, 1741 '

שיר של ג'ון לנון בכתב ידו The Beatles Biggest Hit I want to hold your hand” Composed in 1963 by J. Lennon and P. Mc. Cartney

Alice drinks from an Unlabelled Bottle Lewis Carroll’s autograph manuscript Alice Adventures Under Ground’ 1862 -64

Music Hall Sports’ 1895 Poster for event at London County Athletic grounds’ 1895

מאוסף הצילומים של הספרייה Construction Work on the London Underground, 1898 Unknown photographer

But the Library’s treasures consist not just of books, manuscripts, maps and musical scores. They also include Britain’s national sound archive and philatelic collections, the world’s most comprehensive archive of patents and related material a unique collection of photographs, and the only large ’ integrated national newspaper service in the word.

The first British Colonial postage stamps were issued in Mauritius in 1847. These are the famous “Post Office” issue, so called because of the inscription in the left margin. The design and colours were based upon then current stamps of Great Britian.

The first stamps of New South Wales, being 1 d, 2 d and 3 d values, were issued in 1850. America: Revenue 1765 Newspaper and Pamphlet One Penny. A proof sheet of 26, showing the registration certificate. Unique thus.

The first stamps of New South Wales, being 1 d, 2 d and 3 d values, were issued in 1850.

'Workers on the Silent Highway, 1876 -77' 'Close No. 118, High Street, Glasgow, 1868'

'Shop in Macclesfield Street, Soho, London, 1883' 'Coming home from the marshes, 1886'

'Baboon walking on all fours, 1872 -85' 'Botanical specimens'

Picture: William Henry Fox Talbot - An oak tree in winter c. 1842 -43

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