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Rh Tiedemann in 1880, and is four storeys in height. There is no basement, except a small portion used for the heating apparatus; but there is a small chamber under the whole building to give ventilation, and so prevent clamp rising to the books.

The entrance is in the centre of the shortest side, as shown in Fig. 135, and the hall gives access to a

staircase of granite placed right in the centre of the building. This goes to the top, and is lit by a skylight in the roof. On the right of the entrance-hall are porters' rooms, and rooms for the exhibition of engravings, manuscripts, and incunabula. On the left are rooms for the Oriental manuscripts, with a part of the book-store at the back, the latter being