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British Library to put very big royal atlas online Project reveals madness of King George III for his map collection
The British Library in London is a quarter of the way through a major project to re-catalogue, digitise and conserve a 50,000-strong map collection assembled by Britain’s famous collector-king, George III (1738-1820). Among the objects to be digitally photographed is the world’s second largest atlas, which measures a huge 1.8 m by 2.3 m.
Source: http://theartnewspaper.com/news/conservation/british-library-to-put-one-very-big-atlas-online/, 31 December 2015
