Catalogue of the library of the Royal Colonial Institute : (Founded 1868. Incorporated by royal charter 1882).

  • Royal Commonwealth Society. Library.
Date:
1895
Catalogue details

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Credit: Catalogue of the library of the Royal Colonial Institute : (Founded 1868. Incorporated by royal charter 1882). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PEEFACE The expansion of the Library of the Koyal Colonial Institute during the past few years has necessitated the publication of a Supplement to the Catalogue which was issued in the year 1895, and contained the titles of all works in the Library up to the end of the year 1894, This first Supplement contains the titles of works acquired from that date to the end of the year 1900, and must therefore he consulted in conjunction with the previous Catalogue. Some idea of the rapid growth of the Library may be gained from the fact that whereas the previous Catalogue comprised about seven hundred pages, the first supplement contains over one thousand pages of closely printed entries, including many rare and unique works. Whilst the Library is kept well supplied with current literature, no effort has been spared to obtain all the earlier published works, both British and foreign, bearing upon the discovery, acquisition and settle- ment of the Colonies and Dependencies of the Empire, in order that details regarding their history and develop- ment may be available to those consulting the Library, and the resources at the command of the Institute for supplying information of a reliable character may be of the most comprehensive kind. The system on which this Supplementary Catalogue has been compiled is in every way similar to that of the previous one. It shows at a glance the books to be found in the Library on any