On a recent visit to London I stopped by the venerable British Library. Here you see a photo I snapped of the "King's Library", a tall glass tower - the King's Library Tower - which houses books collected by King George III (reigned 1760-1820). It is considered one of the most significant collections of the Enlightenment, containing books printed mainly in Britain, Europe and North America from the mid 15th to the early 19th centuries. Consists of 65,000 volumes of printed books, with 19,000 pamphlets. Before this time there were no collections of books outside wealthy persons personal libraries. The great thing about this collection is that you, yes you, or anyone with a library card (and you can get one by simply registering) can examine these books, as well as thousands of others in the Library collections.
For more about the British Library King George collection
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